A. N. Roquelaure

Anne Rice (1941–2021) was an American author known for her Gothic fiction and erotic literature. Under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure, she wrote The Sleeping Beauty Quartet, a series of erotic novels that reimagine the traditional Sleeping Beauty tale with explicit exploration of sexual desire. She was a bestselling author whose works include The Vampire Chronicles and other novels under different pen names.