Anne Rice's Unauthorized French Quarter Tour

Anne Rice’s Unauthorized French Quarter Tour is a historical fiction tour which blends old New Orleans with present-day New Orleans. This tour only covers the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches novels. Anne Rice’s notoriety as a writer began when Interview with the Vampire, the first book in the Vampire Chronicles, made its debut in 1976. .Anne published several books prior to Interview with the Vampire, but none grabbed the imagination of the reader in the same way. The book went on to become a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise. Anne also wrote three books about another supernatural family, the Mayfair Witches. The French Quarter (Vieux Carré), New Orleans’ (La Nouvelle-Orléans) first city, was established in 1718 by French Canadian naval officer Jean Baptiste Bienville. The French Quarter plays a significant role in Anne Rice’s novels. It’s the place where her characters live, dine, shop, enjoy the opera and other entertainment.

Anne Rice’s Unauthorized French Quarter Tour is a historical fiction tour which blends old New Orleans with present-day New Orleans. This tour only covers the Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches novels. Anne Rice’s notoriety as a writer began when Interview with the Vampire, the first book in the Vampire Chronicles, made its debut in 1976. .Anne published several books prior to Interview with the Vampire, but none grabbed the imagination of the reader in the same way. The book went on to become a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise. Anne also wrote three books about another supernatural family, the Mayfair Witches. The French Quarter (Vieux Carré), New Orleans’ (La Nouvelle-Orléans) first city, was established in 1718 by French Canadian naval officer Jean Baptiste Bienville. The French Quarter plays a significant role in Anne Rice’s novels. It’s the place where her characters live, dine, shop, enjoy the opera and other entertainment.

Currently, GM Higgs has released books on several Anne Rice-themed tours of New Orleans, including Anne Rice’s Unauthorized French Quarter Tour and Anne Rice’s New Orleans Tour, which showcase the places in New Orleans where Anne lived and the places featured in her Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches series. Other GM Higgs books have been published that feature the city’s streetcars, rich history of Jazz, French Quarter, and cemeteries. In the near future, more no-nonsense tours will be offered, including a Black Freedom tour, a New Orleans’ Back of Town (aka American District) tour, a Garden District tour, and Literary and Film- tours.