For the singer/songwriter see Chris Rice For the author see Christopher Rice Chris Rice is an American songwriter who works in the Contemporary Christian Music contemporary folk, adult contemporary genres similar to David Wilcox and James Taylor. ...

Christopher Travis Rice (born March 11, 1978 in Berkeley, California) is an American author. Rice has written three best-selling novels: A Density of Souls, The Snow Garden, and Light Before Day. His next book, Blind Fall, will be published in 2008 by Charles Scribner's Sons. March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or content. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern California, in the United States. ... Charles Scribners Sons is a publisher that was founded in 1846 at the Brick Church Chapel on New Yorks Park Row. ...

Biography

Christoper Rice comes from a family of authors. His parents are Anne Rice and the late poet Stan Rice; his aunt, Alice Borchardt, is a noted writer. He is also friends with fellow author Clive Barker. Rice fielded criticism that these connections, rather than his talent, resulted in the publication of his works. Unlike his famous mother, he does not write horror novels, but considers his books to be thrillers. Anne Rice. ... Stan Rice ([[1942] - December 9, 2002) was an American poet and artist and husband of writer Anne Rice (married 1961). ... Alice Borchardt is a writer of historical fiction, fantasy, and horror. ... Clive Barker (born October 5, 1952) is an English author, film director and visual artist. ...

Rice is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and is a 1996 graduate of the Isidore Newman School. Rice was in the same graduating class as American Idol finalist Judd Harris and noted poker expert Ed Miller. Rice went on to attend Brown University and the Tisch School of the Arts. He did not graduate from either school; instead, he moved to Los Angeles to explore writing screenplays. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Isidore Newman School a private, nondenominational, co-educational college preparatory school located on an 11-acre campus in the Uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... Judd Harris (born August 5, 1977) was a semi-finalist on season 4 of the television show American Idol in 2005. ... // Ed Miller was born in 1979. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Tisch School of the Arts (known more commonly as Tisch or TSOA) is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University (NYU). ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Rice lives in Los Angeles, California.^[1] Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ...

His sexuality and its role in his work

Rice is gay; ^[2] when asked in 2002 about "being pegged a 'gay writer'", he replied: GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ...

That's not what I do. I might be more open to that label if I hadn't introduced ensemble casts of characters. Granted, A Density of Souls is as close to a gay book as you can get. It revolves around a character's homosexuality and others are described in terms of their reaction to the one character's sexuality. In that sense it's at the core of the book. The Snow Garden is about identity. With this book, I'm trying to shrug off the term "gay" author. ^[3]

Nonetheless, Rice is proud of his large following in the gay community, explaining "it was incredibly rewarding when I got a huge positive response from the character Stephen in The Density of Souls. More than a thousand young gay men contacted me and said that I captured what it was like for them going through those years. That means everything to me." ^[4]

Rice also writes a regular feature for the LGBT-related biweekly news magazine The Advocate called "Coastal Disturbances," in which he discusses various topics.^[5] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly news magazine. ...

External links

• Christopher Rice Books website
• Interview with Christopher Rice

References