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Readings by Christoper Rice

Presented by UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center at UCR Palm Desert

February 10, 2007

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Christopher Rice was born into the literary life, the son of bestselling novelist Ann Rice and poet and painter Stan Rice, but he has made a name for himself on his own. Rice will read from many of his works on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. at the UCR Palm Desert Graduate Center. His appearance is part of UCR Writers Week (creativewriting.ucr.edu/writersweek/). Rice’s first novel, “A Density of Souls,” about a murder in New Orleans involving four high school friends, was published when the author was 22 years old. The book received much media attention and became a New York Times bestseller. Shortly thereafter, Rice followed up with a second New York Times bestselling thriller, “The Snow Garden,” about a murder and conspiracy on a New England college campus. “The Snow Garden” received a Lambda Literary Award, after which Rice was invited to sit on Lambda’s board of directors. His third novel, “Light Before Day,” set in West Hollywood, is a complex thriller in the noir tradition. In 2001, then New York City Public Advocate Marc Green recognized Rice as an outstanding leader in the gay and lesbian community and the Hetrick (cq) Martin Institute gave him their Emery (cq) award for outstanding contributions to gay and lesbian youth. After penning a guest column for “The Advocate” on the death of his father, Rice was invited to become a regular columnist for the magazine. He also served as the fiction editor for Genre magazine. “Blind Fall,” the first of two novels for Scribner, will be published in 2008. Christopher Rice lives in West Hollywood.