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Christopher Rice 
Christopher Rice at a Blind Fall book signingBorn March 11, 1978
Berkeley, California, United StatesOccupation author Nationality American Genres historical fiction, fantasy, and thriller Relative(s) Anne Rice (mother), Stan Rice (father)
Influences- Partner: Brian Orter
christopherricebooks.comChristopher Travis Rice (born March 11, 1978 in Berkeley, California) is an American author. Rice has written five best-selling novels: A Density of Souls, The Snow Garden, Light Before Day, Blind Fall, and his latest book, The Moonlit Earth, which was published in April 2010 by Scribner.
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Biography
Christopher 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. Unlike his famous mother, he does not write horror novels, but considers his books to be thrillers.
Rice has lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and is a 1996 graduate of the prestigious Isidore Newman School. 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.
Rice now lives in Los Angeles, California.[1]
His sexuality and its role in his work
Rice is gay,[2] and his works consist of descriptions of contemporary American life for the gay male. When asked in 2002 about "being pegged a 'gay writer,'" he replied:
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]
Bibliography
Novels: (Chronological)
- A Density of Souls (2000)
- Snow Garden (2001)
- Light Before Day (2005)
- Blind Fall (2008)
- The Moonlit Earth (2010)
References
- ^ Death and rebirth" ~ The Advocate October 11, 2005. "He now lives in Los Angeles with his photographer boyfriend Brian Orter."
- ^ "Friends Like These" ~ The Advocate November 8, 2005. "My conservative friends refuse to accept this, regardless of the contributions that I, a gay man, may have made to their lives."
- ^ "Christopher Rice" ~ IdentityTheory.com March 15, 2002.
- ^ The Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley
- ^ "Ruminations" ~ ChristopherRiceBooks.com
External links
Categories:- 1978 births
- American novelists
- Gay writers
- Isidore Newman alumni
- Lambda Literary Award winners
- LGBT writers from the United States
- Living people
- People from New Orleans, Louisiana
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