TAPESTRY **SCREENPLAY FINALIST at the 2025 BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL!**
Mary Rice: Author and Screenwriter
About Mary Rice
Mary Rice is a screenwriter whose debut screenplay, TAPESTRY, has been recognized, nominated and awarded at screen festivals! She is currently working on other screenplays to be released in 2026 and 2027.
Mary is also an author known for her captivating middle grade and young adult mystery novels. With a keen eye for detail, she crafts interesting plots that weave together suspense, emotion, and unexpected twists. These novels have been praised for their gripping narratives and complex characters.
Mary's love for storytelling began at a young age. and she has since honed her craft, earning a dedicated readership.
When she's not writing, Mary enjoys spending time with her family and traveling. She also loves exploring old houses, seeking inspiration for her next mystery, and immersing herself in local lore for the same purpose.
SCREENPLAYS
TAPESTRY
*INSPIRING HISTORICAL DRAMA*
A young woman, raised in a mixed race family in the mid 1900s, takes in abandoned children from various backgrounds in spite of racism in her rural Georgia town.
*BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL 2025 - SELECTED
*LA INDEPENDENT WOMEN FILM AWARDS 2025- NOMINEE
*CHRISTIAN FAITH, HOPE, & LOVE SCREENWRITING
COMPETITION 2026 - SEMI-FINALIST
*DEPTH OF FIELD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 -
AWARD WINNER
*CONTENT FILM FESTIVAL & MEDIA SUMMITT 2026 - NOMINEE
CURRENT YOUNG ADULT AND MIDDLE GRADE RELEASES
SWITCH * Book 1 in the Switch Trilogy
Nova and her father, science fiction writer, Dayton Grant, share a special bond forged by their mutual love of all things beyond the normal. When Dayton is killed in a car crash on the bridge near their home, his untimely death gouges a hole in Nova's heart. The world is a dimmer place without him. That is, until she discovers a closely guarded family secret–the power to alter past and future events in profound ways, even to cheat death. But there are risks involved in messing around with fate.
FORSAKEN * Book 2 in the Switch Trilogy
Nova learned too late that changing the future can tragically impact the past. Now she must find a way to undo her mistake before it's too late.
But how can she bring back someone who has never exited? Especially when she is starting to forget...
RETURN * Book 3 in the Switch Trilogy
Nova's decision has impacted everyone she loves. But what if she could go back and start over as if it never happened? Would that really fix things? Reality is a moving target, forever changing. Nothing is ever really the same.
Now Nova must become the powerful traveler everyone believes her to be. But there is only one person who can show her how to do that, and she's been dead for decades...
THE SECRET OF PROPHET HOUSE
Sadie Prophet's life is turned upside down when her family moves into a two hundred year old home built by her ancestor, Captain Nathaniel Prophet. In the seaside town of Everleigh, Prophet House has become a treasured landmark, drawing visitors from far away, due in no small part to the rumors that the captain hid a wealth of Spanish gold there. But no one has ever found it, and many claim that it is guarded by the original residents.
When Sadie's father is called away for the summer, leaving Sadie and her mother alone in the house, strange things begin to happen. Someone or something wants them out. But nothing is as it seems and they are most definitely not alone...