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novels.

Personal life

Conrad grew up in West Texas and graduated from Socorro High School in El Paso, Texas, in 1980. She earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University 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, Peter Nero, and

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. 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. 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 Ann Aguirre is an American author of speculative fiction. She writes urban fantasy, romantic science fiction, apocalyptic paranormal romance (with co-author Carrie Lofty as Ellen Connor), paranormal romantic suspense (as Ava Gray), and post-a ...

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''Interview
with

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