‘Interview With the Vampire’ author says they reflect the ‘desire of young women to have the mystery and protection and wisdom of older men.’ By Eric Ditzian Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in “Twilight” Photo: Summit Entertainment Anne Rice gets vampires. She understands the dangerous charm of these wily bloodsuckers, why audiences are attracted to their stories, and she spent years writing about them even before the Tom Cruise-starring big screen adaptation of “Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles” in 1994. In the last few years, though, Rice quit writing about vampires and another author — Stephenie Meyer, with her “Twilight” tales of teen love — replaced Rice as the superstar storyteller of bloodsucking immortals
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