Her mother had died three years before of alcoholism. In 1958, when Rice was 16, her family moved to north Texas, taking up residence in Richardson. She later legally changed her name in 1947. She blurted out "Anne" immediately, and her mother, who was with her, let it go without correcting her, knowing how self-conscious her daughter was of her real name. My father's name was Howard, she wanted to name me after Howard, and she thought it was a very interesting thing to do." Rice became "Anne" on her first day of school, when a nun asked for her name. She lived in East Haven, Connecticut, until her death in July 2007.Ībout her unusual given name, Rice said: "My birth name is Howard Allen because apparently my mother thought it was a good idea to name me Howard. She was the second daughter in a Catholic Irish-American family Rice's sister, the late Alice Borchardt, also became a noted genre author. Rice was born and spent most of her early life in New Orleans, Louisiana, which forms the background against which most of her stories take place.
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