Dorothy Rice

Dorothy Rice is the author of Gray Is the New Black: A Memoir of Self-Acceptance (Otis Books, June 2019) and The Reluctant Artist, an art book/memoir (Shanti Arts, 2015). After raising five children and retiring from a career managing environmental protection programs, Rice earned a master of fine arts in creative writing at age 60 from UC Riverside. She now works for 916 Ink, a youth literacy nonprofit, and co-directs Stories on Stage Sacramento, a literary performance series. A memoirist, nonfiction and occasional short-story writer, her work has appeared in Brain, Child, The Rumpus, and Brevity, among others.