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Roxanne Longstreet Conrad
Rachel Caine in 2012
Born	(1962-04-27)April 27, 1962 United States
Died	November 1, 2020(2020-11-01) (aged 58)
Pen name	Rachel Caine Julie Fortune
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Genre	Fantasy, suspense, mystery, science fiction, romance, young adult
Website
rachelcaine.com

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, mystery, suspense, and horror 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 a 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 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. 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.

Short stories

As Roxanne Longstreet

As Roxanne Conrad

Stargate SG-1

As Ian Hammel

As Julie Fortune

Anthologies and collections

References

1. Bexte, Martina (February 2004). "Rachel Caine e-interviewed". BookLoons.
2. Smith, Cynthia Leitich (October 9, 2006). "Author Interview: Rachel Caine on Glass Houses". Cynsations.
3. Martindale, David (July 9, 2009). "Third name is the charm for woman who was leery of being author". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
4. Warner, Bethany K. (April 11, 2006). "Author Answers with Rachel Caine". Word Nerd.
5. Author Spotlight: Rachel Caine, at the Cedar Park Library; retrieved July 16, 2020
6. "Untitled". Twitter. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
7. "Rachel Caine". Rachel Caine. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
8. "Rachel Caine". Good Reads. December 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
9. "Rachel Caine". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
10. "Rachel Caine". September 16, 2020.
11. Halvorsen, Barry (July 22, 2007). "Recommended books in young adult series". Victoria Advocate.
12. "Athena Force page". eHarlequin.com.
13. Caine, Rachel (August 24, 2007). "Outcast Season! And upcoming cake-serving events!". The Weather Report. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011.
14. "2021 Thriller Awards – International Thriller Writers". thrillerwriters.org. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
15. "Sacrifice Moon page". Fandemonium Ltd.

• Interview by Lola Sparks at Purple Pens
• Interview with Michael A. Ventrella, April 4, 2010.
• Fowler, Jimmy (January 26, 2011). "Making a Killing: A Fort Worth author turns a mythical, bloodsucking Texas town into big-time success". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved January 27, 2011.

External links

• Official website

• 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
• American women science fiction and fantasy writers
• American women mystery writers
• American women novelists
• American 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