Author Anne Rice Coming to Bay Area for Book-Signing

BAY AREA, CA – You have a chance to meet best-selling author Anne Rice this week as she will be in the Bay Area for a book-signing of her new installment in the Vampire Chronicles series, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis.

In her only Northern California appearance, Rice will be at Aquarium of the Bay on PIER 39 Friday, Dec. 2 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Author of the Interview with the Vampire and The Queen of the Damned, Rice has continued the chronicles of her protagonist, Prince Lestat, with Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis.

Rice lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly three decades. She moved to the Haight-Ashbury in 1960, where she resided with her husband before moving to Berkeley in 1969. In 1980, her family moved back to San Francisco, this time to the Castro, for nearly a decade before relocating to her hometown of New Orleans. While in San Francisco, Rice attended San Francisco State University, where she earned her degree in creative writing.

Tickets to the event are $20, which includes Aquarium entry and a $5 voucher toward a book purchase.
Aquarium of the Bay is located at The Embarcadero at Beach Street in San Francisco. For ticket info: http://www.bookpassage.com/rice. And click here for more information on Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis.

ALSO GOING ON IN THE BAY AREA:

• Griswoldia Lighting, Winter Art Market: Tannery, Santa Cruz
• Kathy Griffin Book Signing: Menlo Park
• Nutz RE-Mixed! Nutcracker for the 21st Century: San Jose
• Holiday Frolic: Downtown Martinez
• Vacaville Commons' Holiday Magic Event
• The Lion King

--Image courtesy of Aquarium of the Bay