Anne Rice lived in New Jersey.
Anne Rice . Born in New Orleans , Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas , and later to San Francisco . She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire in 1976 , while living in California , and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s . Route 495 is a 3.45 mi freeway in Hudson County , New Jersey , in the United States that connects the New Jersey Turnpike ( Interstate 95 , I-95 ) at exits 16E and 17 in Secaucus to New York State Route 495 ( NY 495 ) inside the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken , providing access to Midtown Manhattan .