Christine Maul RiceChristine Rice's novel Swarm Theory was was recognized by the Chicago Writers Association Book of the Year Award (Honorable Mention, Traditional Fiction), won Independent Publisher Book Award or 'IPPY' (Silver for Best First Book), and a National Inde Excellence Award - Winner (Regional Fiction - Midwest). Swarm Theory also made PANK's Best Books of 2016, was included in Powell's Books Midyear Roundup, the Best Books of 2016 So Far, and was called "a gripping work of Midwest Gothic" by Michigan Public Radio's Desiree Cooper. Most recently, Christine's short stories have been published in MAKE Literary Magazine, Unreal Magazine, Longshot Island, BELT's Rust Belt Anthology, The Literary Review, American University of Beirut's Rusted Radishes, F Magazine, Roanoke Review, and Bird's Thumb, among others. Her essays, interviews, and long-form journalism have appeared in The Rumpus, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Big Smoke, The Millions, the Chicago Tribune, Detroit's Metro Times, among other publications, and her radio essays have been produced by WBEZ Chicago. Christine taught in Columbia College Chicago's Fiction Writing Department for over 20 years, is the founder of Hypertext Magazine and director of the social justice writing nonprofit Hypertext Magazine & Studio (HMS). She was recently included in New City's Lit 50: Who Really Books in Chicago. Read More Read Less