Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad (April 27, 1962 – November 1, 2020) who was an American writer of science fiction,
fantasy
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,
mystery
Mystery, The Mystery, Mysteries or The Mysteries may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters
*Mystery, a cat character in ''Emily the Strange''
Films
* ''Mystery'' (2012 film), a 2012 Chinese drama film
* ''Mystery'' ( ...
, suspense, and
horror novels.
Personal life
Conrad grew up in
West Texas
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No consensus exists on the boundary betwee ...
and graduated from
Socorro High School in
El Paso, Texas
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, in 1980. She earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the
Rawls College of Business
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at
Texas Tech University
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in 1985, with minor in music. Caine wrote and published novels and short stories since 1990. She was a professional musician who played with notable musicians including
Henry Mancini
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,
Peter Nero
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Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, as Bernard Nierow, he started ...
, and
John Williams.
From 1999, Conrad was employed in corporate communications as a web designer, editor, corporate communications manager, and finally as director of corporate communications for a large multinational company. She took an eight-month hiatus for most of 2008 to meet pressing deadlines, and retired from her position to write full-time in 2010. She lived in north Texas with her husband, artist Cat Conrad.
Conrad did most of her writing at home and on the road during appearances.
In 2018, Conrad was diagnosed with
soft tissue sarcoma.
[Author Spotlight: Rachel Caine]
at the Cedar Park Library; retrieved July 16, 2020 She died on November 1, 2020.
Bibliography
Sources:
As Rachel Caine
Standalone novels
Weather Warden (Adult Urban Fantasy)
Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden and part of an organization that rents space from the UN. Their mission is supposed to be alleviating natural disasters before millions of people die. Joanne shows up on the run, in her hot Mustang "Delilah", from a murder of which she has been accused; she thinks if she can find Lewis Orwell, with all three Warden capabilities—Earth, Fire, and Weather—who is in hiding, she can get help. Lewis' last known action among the Wardens was to steal three bottles containing Djinn, the supernatural beings, many of whom partner with Wardens to do their work. Her life becomes one huge complication as she learns a lot of truths people do not want her to know.
Red Letter Days (Adult Urban Fantasy)
The Morganville Vampires (Young Adult)
Athena Force (Adult Urban Fantasy)
The ''Outcast Season'' (Adult Urban Fantasy)
On August 24, 2007, Caine announced on her mailing list and her blog that she had sold a four-book series called "Outcast Season" to
Roc Books
Roc Books is a fantasy imprint of Penguin Group, as part of its New American Library. It was launched in April 1990 after Penguin Chairman Peter Mayer asked John Silbersack, the editor in chief of New American Library's science fiction (SF) prog ...
. Describing the upcoming series, she said "This series is a spin-off of the Weather Warden series, and will follow the story of a Djinn who's been cut off from her fellows, and must rely on the goodwill of a Warden partner for her very existence. Along the way, she has to face enemies and challenges that the Djinn can't, or won't face themselves." The series was published yearly in February since 2009.
The Revivalist (Adult Urban Fantasy)
The Great Library (Young Adult)
Stillhouse Lake
In 2017, Caine began publication of an intense new thriller series about Gwen Proctor, the ex-wife of an infamous serial killer who is constantly on guard for her kids against Internet trolls and real-life stalkers. When a body turns up in the lake outside their front door, and it appears to be connected to her ex-husband's methods, the spotlight's now on Gwen and her kids ... and she might never escape it again. 'Stillhouse Lake' is one of five finalists for the IATWA Thriller Awards 2018.
The Honors
Co-authored by
Ann Aguirre.
Short stories
As Roxanne Longstreet
As Roxanne Conrad
Stargate SG-1
As Ian Hammel
As Julie Fortune
Anthologies and collections
References
Interview by Lola Sparks at ''Purple Pens''Interviewwith
Michael A. Ventrella, April 4, 2010.
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External links
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1962 births
2020 deaths
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women writers
American fantasy writers
American science fiction writers
Writers from El Paso, Texas
Texas Tech University alumni
Rawls College of Business alumni
Urban fantasy writers
Novelists from Texas
American writers of young adult literature
American mystery writers
Women science fiction and fantasy writers
Women mystery writers
American women novelists
Women writers of young adult literature
American romantic fiction writers
Deaths from cancer in the United States
Deaths from soft-tissue sarcoma
Pseudonymous women writers
20th-century pseudonymous writers
21st-century pseudonymous writers