| Roxanne Longstreet Conrad | |
| Pseudonym: | Rachel Caine Julie Fortune |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1962 |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| 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, 1962 – November 1, 2020), who was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels.
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.[1]
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.[2] She lived in north Texas with her husband, artist Cat Conrad.[3] Conrad did most of her writing at home and on the road during appearances.[4]
In 2018, Conrad was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma.[5] She died on November 1, 2020.[6]
| Prince of Shadows | Feb 4, 2014 | NAL | A retelling of Romeo and Juliet from Benvolio Montague's point of view. |
| Carniepunk: The Cold Girl | Carniepunk | 2013 | ||||
| Dogsbody | 2013 | |||||
| Marion, Missing | 2016 |
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.
| Title | Also In | Date Published | Publisher | ISBN | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ill Wind | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Dec 2003 | Roc Books | |||
| 2 | Heat Stroke | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Aug 2004 | Roc Books | |||
| 3 | Chill Factor | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Jan 2005 | Roc Books | |||
| 4 | Windfall | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Nov 2005 | Roc Books | |||
| 5 | Firestorm | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Sep 2006 | Roc Books | |||
| 6 | Thin Air | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Aug 2007 | Roc Books | |||
| 7 | Gale Force | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Aug 2008 | Roc Books | |||
| 8 | Cape Storm | Weather Warden Series Rachel Caine 8 Books Collection Set | Aug 2009 | Roc Books | |||
| 9 | Total Eclipse | Aug 2010 | Roc Books | ||||
| Shiny | Chicks Kick Butt | 2011 | |||||
| 10 | Red Hot Rain | Funded in 2015 via a Kickstarter campaign, now cancelled due to health issues[10] and her death |
| Title | Also In | Date Published | Publisher | ISBN | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devil's Bargain | Aug 2005 | Silhouette Bombshell | |||
| 2 | Devil's Due | Jan 2006 | Silhouette Bombshell |
See main article: The Morganville Vampires.
| Extras#!Title!Also In!Date Published!Publisher!ISBN|-|0.1|1|Myrnin's Tale|Midnight Bites|2012|||-|0.2|1.5|Viper and the Farmer|Midnight Bites|2015|||-|0.5|6|The First Day of the Rest of Your Life|Midnight Bites Many Bloody Returns|2007|||-|1||Glass Houses[11] |The Morganville Vampires, Volume 1 The Morganville Vampires, #1-3 The Morganville Vampires Collection #1-4 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Oct 2006|NAL Jam||-|1.4|5.5|Eve's Diary|Midnight Bites||||-|1.5|7|Amelie's story|Midnight Bites|2010|||-|2||The Dead Girls' Dance|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 1 The Morganville Vampires, #1-3 The Morganville Vampires Collection #1-4 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Apr 2007|NAL Jam||-|2.5|4|Grudge|Midnight Bites|2012|||-|3||Midnight Alley|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 2 The Morganville Vampires, #1-3 The Morganville Vampires Collection #1-4 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Oct 2007|NAL Jam||-|4||Feast of Fools|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 2 The Morganville Vampires, #4-6 The Morganville Vampires Collection #1-4 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Jun 2008|NAL Jam||-|4.5|9|Dead Man Stalking|Midnight Bites Vampires: The Recent Undead|2010|||-|5||Lord of Misrule|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3 The Morganville Vampires, #4-6 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Jan 2009|NAL Jam||-|6||Carpe Corpus|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 3 The Morganville Vampires, #4-6 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Jun 2009|NAL Jam||-|6.5|12|Murdered Out|Midnight Bites|2013|||-|6.6|11|All Hallows|Midnight Bites|2009|||-|7||Fade Out|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Nov 2009|NAL Jam||-|7.5|13|Worth Living For|Midnight Bites||||-|8||Kiss of Death|The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 The Morganville Vampires, #1-8 The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Apr 27, 2010|NAL Jam||-|9||Ghost Town|The Morganville Vampires, #1-9 The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Oct 26, 2010|NAL Hardcover||-|9.1|3|Sam's Story|Midnight Bites|2010|||-|10||Bite Club|The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|May 3, 2011|NAL Hardcover||-|10.1|8|Wrong Place, Wrong Time|Midnight Bites|2010|||-|10.2|15|Vexed|Midnight Bites||||-|10.5|17|Anger Management|Midnight Bites|2013|||-|10.6|18|Automatic|Midnight Bites|2011|||-|11||Last Breath|The Morganville Vampires, #1-11 The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Nov 1, 2011|NAL Hardcover||-|12||Black Dawn|The Morganville Vampires, #1-12 The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|May 1, 2012|NAL Hardcover||-|12.3|16|Signs and Miracles|Midnight Bites||||-|12.5|19|Dark Rides|Midnight Bites|2012|||-|13||Bitter Blood|The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15|Nov 6, 2012|NAL Hardcover||-|13.5|10|Lunch Date|Midnight Bites|2010|||-|14||Fall of Night|The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15 Midnight Bites|May 7, 2013|NAL Hardcover||-|15|21|Daylighters|The Morganville Vampires Collection, #1-15 Midnight Bites|Nov 5, 2013|NAL Hardcover||-|15.1|22.5|Your Mileage May Vary|Midnight Bites|2015|||-|15.6|20|Pitch-Black Blues|Midnight Bites||||-||22|And One for the Devil|Midnight Bites||||-||12.5|Let Them Eat Cake|Midnight Bites||||-||14|Drama Queen's Last Dance|Midnight Bites||||-|||Claire's Blog|||||} Athena Force (Adult Urban Fantasy)See main article: Athena Force. 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."[13] The series was published yearly in February since 2009.
The Revivalist (Adult Urban Fantasy)
The Great Library (Young Adult)
Stillhouse LakeIn 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.[14]
The HonorsCo-authored by Ann Aguirre.
Short stories
As Roxanne Longstreet
As Roxanne Conrad
Stargate SG-1Anthologies and collections
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