James Rice (writer)

James Rice (26 September 1843 – 26 April 1882), English novelist, wrote a number of successful novels in collaboration with Walter Besant.

He was born in Northampton, and was educated at Cambridge University. He studied law, becoming a lawyer of Lincoln's Inn in 1871.

In 1868 he bought the publication Once a Week. It was loss-making, but made him acquainted with Besant. Together they had a successful collaboration, ended by Rice's death. He died in Redhill.

Works, all with Walter Besant

 * Ready-money Mortiboy (1872)
 * My Little Girl (1873)
 * With Harp and Crown (1874)
 * This Son of Vulcan (1876)
 * The Golden Butterfly (1876)
 * The Case of Mr Lucraft (1876) stories
 * The Monks of Thelema (1878)
 * By Celia's Arbour (1878)
 * 'Twas in Trafalgar's Bay (1879) stories
 * The Seamy Side (1880)
 * The Chaplain of the Fleet (1881)
 * Sir Richard Whittington (1881)
 * All Sorts and Conditions of Men, An Impossible Story
 * The Ten Years Tenant (1881) stories