Kellie Rice

Kellie Rice (known by her pen name K.M. Rice) is a nationally known author, screenwriter, and former member of Weta Workshop who recently co-authored Middle-earth from Script to Screen: Building the World of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit with Daniel Falconer. Prior to that, in 2014, she helped write TheOneRing.net's book Middle-earth Madness.

Since 2012 she has played the role of Kili in the fan-show Happy Hobbit.

Rice has been a writer since kindergarten, and has published works of historical fiction and fantasy, chiefly Darkling (2013).