![]() 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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