AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Name Is In The History

About Susan Elizabeth (Suzy) Rice, a painter, designer and writer.

There are several persons with presence on the internet who use the identity of "Suzy Rice" and
"Susan Elizabeth Rice," none of whom I am affiliated with, nor their websites and issues promoted

My work is identified by the use of Suzy Rice and/or Susan Elizabeth (Suzy) Rice and always in
some combination of those two -- if that doesn't appear, it's not my page or project or item.
Because of this intermingling by several persons using the same name, particularly on the
internet, providing a bit of history and clarifying comments here as to who I am individually would
be helpful.

History As Is My Name

I attended Western Illinois University, the University of Florida and the University of California at
Irvine. I married Daniel H. (Dan) Vining, screenwriter and novelist, while still enrolled at the
University of Florida, and Dan and I moved to Northern California when Dan was awarded a
Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University. While employed by Rolling Stone magazine, I was
known and credited as Suzy Vining. Later, I reverted legally to my name of Susan Elizabeth Rice
and the use of Suzy Rice, which I used also while later employed by Seiniger Advertising and
Lucasfilm, Ltd. After a marriage to Anthony S. (Tony) Lane, I became known as Suzy Rice-Lane.
After a divorce from Tony Lane, I again reverted to my own name, Susan Elizabeth Rice and the
use of my nickname, Suzy Rice.

No One Said History Was Simple. Least of All, Me

To further complicate these identity issues, there are several persons with media presence who
use the name of Tony Lane and a few more who use Dan Vining.

The Tony Lane I was married to is self described as "painter, photographer, designer, former Art
Director at Rolling Stone and Sony Music, Oakland, CA" (and was also the Art Director of Fantasy
Records, Elektra-Asylum Records and Forbes' magazine's "FYI" publication).

Among the Tony Lanes I was not married to are the following:

-- songwriter and musician in and of Nashville, TN ("Tony Lane and the Fabulous Spades");
-- a Christian theologian/ writer/editor in the U.K.;
-- former make-up artist and internet creative personality who hosts a fan club for Jackie Chan;
-- the Chief of Police in Castle Rock, CO;
-- a football player;
-- a critic/columnist of media and various literary issues;
-- a freelance press photographer and digital artist; and,
-- a painter in New Zealand (whose paintings I like very much).

And those are but a few who resulted after a simple Google search.

The Dan Vining I was married to is the only Dan Vining who has written and received screenwriter
credit for the film, "Black Dog," and authored the novel, "The Quick."

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