The Vines (19 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PHOTO © 2008 NANCY ROSE

Christopher Rice published his bestselling debut novel,
A Density of Souls
, when he was twenty-two. By thirty, Rice had published four
New York Times
bestsellers, received a Lambda Literary Award, and been declared one of
People
magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive.” His noir thriller
Light Before Day
was hailed as a “book of the year” by mega-bestselling author Lee Child. His most recent book,
The Heavens Rise
, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.

The son of legendary author Anne Rice, he has published short fiction in the anthologies
Thriller
and
Los Angeles Noir
. His writing has been featured in the
Advocate
, the
Washington Post
, the
Los Angeles Review of Books
, and on
Salon.com
.
With his friend and cohost, Eric Shaw Quinn, Rice recently launched his own Internet radio broadcast,
The Dinner Party Show
(
www.thedinnerpartyshow.com
).