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Really was not trying to start an argument. She may have come from an atheist family. Whether or not she is/was a Christian is not based strictly on her upbringing. Christ is there for anyone, regardless of age. Many people have been brought up in religious households and still rejected religion later on. Remember famous atheist Madlyn Murray O'Hair's son became a Christian after years of negative indoctrination. Christopher Hitchens' brother is a Christian while Christopher hates religion. The great Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman was son of a minister yet he rejected and did not believe in God.

If they did not have a proper upbringing as children, that's water under the bridge. And even if they did, they may still reject Christ.

The point I was making is that people can join a church and think of themselves as Christians. But they are not taught any doctrine by the church while they are in it, and so many leave. I do not think Ann Rice knew any important doctrine at all, and if she had, she would not have joined a church. She was probably one of those Bishop Spong type of Christians, who think Christianity is only about loving everything about everybody.