Eleanor Spicer Rice is an award-winning author with a Ph.D. in entomology.
She studied ants and how they shape the natural world. After publishing six books on ants,
she now writes books for children about the amazing life with which we spend our days.
Learn more by visiting www.spicerrice.com.
Books
Coming in May 2024…
Book Two in the “Your Hidden Life” series!
“An entertaining and informative exploration of a hidden world.”
“Readers who relish biology that veers into the “creepy” will be riveted.”
“Spicer Rice’s style is clear, fluid, and engaging … Especially lovely is the abundance of photographs by Alex Wild, the Ansel Adams of arthropods.”
– Carl Zimmer, National Geographic
“We are longtime neighbors with ants, belatedly introduced.”
“I loved every page of Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants. Very impressive, and I wish I had had this when I was in high school.”
– E.O. Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-winning myrmecologist
“Spicer Rice makes complex topics easy to understand with minimal jargon. The species descriptions seem like stories about eccentric and entertaining relatives.”
-Gwen Pearson, Wired
Nature Essays
A Pungo Homecoming
Our State Magazine
Coming Home
Our State Magazine
Hive to Honey: A Photo Essay
Our State Magazine
Bounty in the Marsh
Our State Magazine
The Scent of Rain
Our State Magazine
City Portrait: Goldsboro
Our State Magazine