Rice, Craig

Pseudonym of the American crime writer Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig who was born in Chicago. Her parents – her father was an artist and her mother a wealthy heiress – were often travelling, and she spent most of her time with her grandparents and her aunt in Wisconsin and Washington. Although she seldom spent long periods of time with them, her relationship with her parents was good. They divorced in 1918, and the following year she was formally adopted by her aunt.