Rachel caine biography
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Rachel Caine
American author (–)
Roxanne Longstreet Conrad | |
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Rachel Caine in | |
| Born | ()April 27, United States |
| Died | November 1, () (aged&#;58) |
| Pen name | Rachel Caine Julie Fortune |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fantasy, suspense, mystery, science fiction, romance, young adult |
Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad (April 27, – November 1, ), who was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels.
Personal life
[edit]Conrad grew up in West Texas and graduated from Socorro High School in El Paso, Texas, in She earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University in , with a minor in music. Caine wrote and published novels and short stories since She was a professional musician who played with notable musicians including Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, and John Williams.[1]
From , Conrad was employed in corporat
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Cynsations
By Cynthia Leitich Smith
Rachel Caine is a successful YA and adult author with a long, distinguished career.
In children&#;s-YA writing, maintaining an active publishing career is arguably an even bigger challenge than breaking into the field.
Reflecting on your personal journey (creatively, career-wise, and your writer&#;s heart), what bumps did you encounter and how have you managed to defy the odds to achieve continued success?
I should probably note that I didn&#;t start out in YA; I started out writing horror, although had the book been published 10 years later it would have been Urban Fantasy. But I&#;ll talk a little about my journey up to that first milestone!
First, I was very shy, but also very stubborn. I enjoyed writing stories. I did them solely for myself, and after trying to get a couple published at around 17 years old (and failing, of course). I just wrote them and put them away &#; until I got to college and made some friends, and wrote som
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Rachel Caine, the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, is the author of The Great Library series.
Biography[]
Conrad was born on April 27, in the United States. She wrote science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, fiction, romance, ung adult, and horror novels. Besides Rachel Caine, she also wrote under the pen names Ian Hammel and Julie Fortune. She died on November 1, at age fifty-eight.
Conrad grew up in West Texas. She graduated from Socorro High School in El Paso, Texas in She then attended Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and a minor in music in She has been writing and publishing novels and short stories since Conrad has also worked as a professional musician. She's played with notable musicians such as Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, and John Williams. From until , Conrad worked in corporate communications. She was a web designer, editor, corporate communications manager, and lastly a directo