Enid Baxter Ryce

Author & Artist · Professor, CSU Monterey Bay

Cultivating imagination. Surfacing the stories buried in families, archives, and landscapes.

Enid writes books on botany, ritual, and hidden histories, illustrating them with paints she makes from the plants in her garden. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the National Gallery of Art, the Getty, and the Library of Congress, which holds her Fort Ord Archive of more than 200 veteran oral histories.

Represented by Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary.

More about Enid

Coming November 2026:

Grace Flows Through You: 101 Spiritual Verses from Around the World

A celebration of our shared humanity with the power to transform your world.

At a time when many are seeking spiritual nourishment and connection, Grace Flows Through You offers original, reinterpreted, and historical prayers from across time and around the globe to soothe your spirit.

Enid Baxter Ryce created this timely collection to inspire mindful healing for readers of all cultural and religious backgrounds.

  • 101 peaceful prayers and encouraging poetic verses

  • Organized around loneliness, calm, resilience, community, and gratitude

  • Black-and-white watercolor illustrations throughout

Pre-order now anywhere books are sold

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Coming in 2027:

from Rowman & Littlefield / Bloomsbury

Cultivating Natural Intelligence

by Enid Baxter Ryce

A guide for parents on cultivating children’s natural intelligence through play and imagination in the age of screens. Preparing children for success in partnering with technology.

Book of Trees

An investigation into the histories buried in family, archive, and land.