Rachel Caine is a pseudonym of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American author of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror stories. She also publishes media tie-in stories as Julie Fortune.
Caine grew up in west Texas and finished Socorro university in El Paso, Texas, in 1980. She is a 1985 graduate of Texas Tech High school with a bachelor's degree in accounting. Rachel Caine has been composing and publishing stories and short novels since 1990. She is a former professional musician who has the distinction of having played with such musical legends as Henry Mancini, Peter Nero, and John Williams. She's also an avid film buff, a Tv-holic, and says she prefers a good stout Guinness to wimpy American beers.
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In addition to a daunting composing schedule, she returned in September 2008 to a full-time job as a Director of Corporate Communications for a large multinational enterprise, having taken an eight-month hiatus for most of 2008 to complete pressing deadlines. She lives in north Texas with her husband, artist Cat Conrad. Caine again left her job to return to composing full-time in April 2010. Caine does most of her composing in a coffee shop near her home. She says she finds Caramel Mocha very inspirational. Caine listens to music while she writes, the playlist changing from project to project.
(Rachel Caine photo #3)
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