Daniel J. Rice was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1979. He spent much of his adult life living in the wild and untamed state of Wyoming, where he worked for the U.S. Geological Survey. Currently he lives in Northern MN, where he acts as editor for the Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society Newsletter. He is active in fly fishing, wilderness camping, and ice hockey, and all of these come through in his writing.