Rachel Caine

Rachel Caine is a pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, suspense, and horror novels. She also publishes media tie-in novels as Julie Fortune. 2Personal life Caine grew up in West Texas and graduated from Socorro High School in El Paso, Texas, in 1980. She earned bachelor's degree in accounting from the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University in 1985, with minor in music. Caine has been writing and publishing novels and short stories 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 is also an avid movie buff and TV watcher and says she "prefers a good stout Guinness to wimpy American beers." From 1999, Caine 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 complete pressing deadlines, and retired from her position to write full time in 2010. She lives in north Texas with her husband, artist Cat Conrad. Caine does most of her writing at home and on the road during appearance