Christopher Rice

Christopher Rice is the author of four New York Times bestsellers. The son of author Anne Rice and the late poet Stan Rice, he was raised in New Orleans. He now resides in Los Angeles, where he is a cohost of the Internet radio program The Dinner Party Show with Christopher Rice & Eric Shaw Quinn.

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Books by this Author

MatchUp

By Lee Child, Karin Slaughter, Michael Koryta, Charlaine Harris, Andrew Gross, Lisa Jackson, John Sandford, Lara Adrian, Christopher Rice, Lisa Scottoline, Nelson DeMille, Sandra Brown, J.A. Jance, Eric Van Lustbader, C. J. Box, Val Mcdermid, Peter James, Kathy Reichs, Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry, Gayle Lynds, and David Morrell

The Heavens Rise

By Christopher Rice

The Moonlit Earth

By Christopher Rice

Blind Fall

By Christopher Rice

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Videos

MATCHUP, the Fantasy Football of Thriller Writers

When Jack Reacher Met Temperance Brennan

Thriller Writers Working Together

Christopher Rice on His Supernatural Thriller and His Love for New...

Christopher Rice: What Are You Reading?

Visit Thailand and Hong Kong in Christopher Rice's THE MOONLIT...

Author Christopher RIce on his thriller Blind Fall

Meet Christopher Rice

My Life in 8 Words

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I can finally see the blessings.

Author Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim?

A. The truth will set you free. It might not make you rich and popular, but it will certainly set you free.

Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?

A. A bird, so I could fly.

Q. What is your greatest achievement?

A. Quitting smoking. It was literally the most difficult thing I have ever done.

Q. What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?

A. Honesty, Perceptiveness. Self-discipline.

Q. If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?

A. Steak

Author Interviews

Blind Fall QA

A Conversation with Christopher Rice, Author of Blind Fall

Q: The prologue is a brutal depiction of the consequences of war. What sources did you rely upon in order to accurately convey the battle scene and the Air Force hospital?

A: I devoured many incredibly good nonfiction books about the Marine Corps experience in Iraq which are listed on the acknowledgments page. I also sat down with real Marines and talked with them about their experiences. But when it...

Author Voices

April 12, 2010

So here I am, a week into my tour for THE MOONLIT EARTH, and enjoying the heck out of Little Rock - the latter of which surprised me, to be frank - when a reader at my discussion asks me a very simple question, but one fraught with...er...implications, shall we say? "In Blind Fall you include a lot of information on how to kill a person. Are you concerned that maybe you're, uh, teaching people how to kill?" To be honest, the question was asked with the utmost respect but the chill that went through me was palpable.

Stephen King, upon learning that one of his novellas about a school shooting has been found in the locker of a... see more

April 12, 2010

Here's a brief rundown of things I've learned so far on my tour for The Moonlit Earth.

1. Little Rock is a great town.
2. The Capitol Hotel in Little Rock has the best chicken friend steak in this solar system.
3. If you're going to be stuck on a small commuter jet that has no AC make sure you're sitting next to fierce performance artist (and memoirst) Stacey Ann Chin.
4. Morning shows sometimes ask serious, substantive questions. Don't go in prepared to field a bunch of light questions about your mother. They might actually ask you where your characters come from.
5. There is no looking perfectly pressed on a book tour.... see more

April 12, 2010

People who meet me in person after reading my work (or short synopses of my work) often tell me they think I'm funny. Why don't I try my hand at a comedy? Why not, I think? Last year, I took this idea to my good friend, writer Eric Shaw Quinn. "I think I'll try my hand at comedy," I announced proudly.

"Ah, yes," he responded with a wistful smile. "A comedy in which dark forces kill hundreds of people. I can't wait."

I am, however, perfectly capable of writing funny bits of dialogue which I sandwich in between terrorist bombings and the unearthing of decades-old, family-destroying secrets. That counts for something, right?

But... see more