Enid Baxter Ryce
Author & Artist · Professor, CSU Monterey Bay
Cultivating imagination. Surfacing the stories buried in families, archives, and ecologies.
Enid Baxter Ryce is an author and artist who writes about natural intelligence — cultivating imagination through wonder and the living world, and surfacing the stories buried in families, archives, and ecologies. She illustrates her own books and makes her paints from the plants in her garden. Her forthcoming book, Cultivating Natural Intelligence (Rowman & Littlefield / Bloomsbury, 2027), is a guide for parents on raising children's minds through play and imagination. She is Professor of Cinematic Arts and Technology at CSU Monterey Bay.
Enid Baxter Ryce is represented by Liz Nealon at Great Dog Literary.
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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.
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
including:
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Book of Trees —
Enid's serialized investigation into the histories buried in family, archive, and land.
Read the latest chapters→
Upcoming Events:
Hear Enid tell tales from the Book of Trees live on
Coast to Coast AM Radio
Saturday, July 18
More Events and Exhibitions →
