AUTHOR ANNE RICE HAS RECENTLY LISTED HER RESIDENCE IN RANCHO MIRAGE FOR $3.3 MILLION. BUILT IN 1995, THE LOW-SLUNG HOUSE HAS A FORMAL DINING ROOM AND LIVING ROOM DESIGNED FOR ENTERTAINING, SIX BEDROOMS, SEVEN BATHROOMS AND A MAID'S QUARTERS. THE STUNNING RESIDENCE SITS ON MORE THAN AN ACRE OF LUSHLY LANDSCAPED GROUNDS IN A PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY. ALSO INCLUDED IS A DETACHED TWO-BEDROOM GUESTHOUSE HAS A FULL KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM. 'THE HOUSE HAS BEEN A MARVELOUS PLACE TO WRITE, TO ENTERTAIN, TO DO INTERVIEWS, AND MANY REPORTERS AND CAMERA CREWS HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS', RICE SAID ABOUT THE HOUSE. SHE WORKED ON HER LAST THREE NOVELS IN THE HOUSE; 'CHRIST THE LORD:THE ROAD TO CANA', THE THRILLER 'ANGEL TIME' AND THE SPIRITUAL MEMOIR 'CALLED OUT OF DARKNESS'. RICE IS SELLING THE HOUSE BECAUSE SHE WOULD LIKE A SMALLER WRITERS' RETREAT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. SHE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN LATE 2005 AND HAS ADDED NEW FLAGSTONES IN THE POOL AREA AND REAR PATHWAYS, FRUIT TREES, CALIFORNIA PEPPERS AND OLEANDERS, A THIRD FIREPLACE IN THE DEN, NEW KITCHEN CABINETS. 'I'VE LOVED IT HERE IN THUNDERBIRD HEIGHTS WITH VIEWS OF THE VALLEY AND THE MOUNTAINS', SAID THE AUTHOR, WHO HAS SOLD ALMOST 100 MILLION BOOKS. 'IT MIGHT SEEM AN UNLIKELY PLACE FOR THE AUTHOR OF 'INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE', AND OTHER SUPERNATURAL NOVELS, HAILING FROM NEW ORLEANS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOVELY PLACE TO WRITE.'
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