L. James Rice

{{Short description|American fantasy novelist}}

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L. James Rice (Lee James Rice, b. 29 July 1968) is the award-winning author of the fantasy novel series Sundering the Gods Saga.

Rice studied English at the University of Northern Iowa and screenwriting at UCLA before turning his attention to writing novels.{{Cite web|first=Courtney|last=Durham|title='Eve of Snows' by local author wins Readers Choice Award|url=https://nonpareilonline.com/news/local/eve-of-snows-by-local-author-wins-readers-choice-award/article_19171525-d8eb-5f88-9b4d-1cf2888f4478.html|access-date=2020-10-09|website=The Daily Nonpareil - Council Bluffs, Iowa|language=en}} Rice is an Active Member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Rice's first book, Eve of Snows, was published June 25, 2018. Eve of Snows earned an Editor's Pick Review at Booklife by Publishers Weekly,{{Cite web|title=Eve of Snows: Sundering the Gods Book One by L. James Rice {{!}} BookLife|url=http://booklife.com/project/eve-of-snows-sundering-the-gods-book-one-31097|access-date=2020-07-24|website=booklife.com}} and a 5-Star Review from Indiereader.com{{Cite web|title=EVE OF SNOWS|url=https://indiereader.com/book_review/eve-of-snows/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=IndieReader|language=en-US}} In December 2019, Eve of Snows won the Epic Fantasy Fanatics Readers Choice Award,{{Cite web|title=Epic Fantasy Fanatics|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/EpicFantasy/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}} and early in 2020 the book won the Next Generation Indie Book Awards in the Fantasy Category while also taking the Second Place Grand Prize in all of Fiction.{{Cite web|last=Awards|first=Next Generation Indie Book|date=|title=Next Generation Indie Book Awards|url=https://indiebookawards.com/winners/list|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520104516/http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners/list|archive-date=2018-05-20|access-date=2020-10-09|website=indiebookawards.com}} It also took Third Place in the Independent Publisher Book Awards for Fantasy{{Cite web|title=2020 Medalists Cat 1-34|url=http://www.ippyawards.com/143/medalists/2020-medalists-cat-1-34|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.ippyawards.com}}

The Sundering the Gods series is a tale told from the experiences of multiple characters in a close 3rd Omniscient Point of View. The Sundering the Gods Saga is set in a secondary world known as The Sister Continents. The series concluded on June 25, 2020, with the release of Whispers of Ghosts.

L. James Rice resides with his wife and two daughters in southwest Iowa.{{Cite web|title=Face of the Insane Brain|url=https://sunderingthegods.com/pic|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Sundering the Gods|language=en-US}}