Rachel Caine

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Roxanne Longstreet Conrad
Born April 27, 1962 (1962-04-27) (age 47)
Pen name Rachel Caine
Julie Fortune
Occupation Writer
Nationality  United States
Genres fantasy, suspense, mystery, science fiction, romance, young adult
Official website

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.

Rachel Caine has been writing and publishing novels and short stories since 1991. 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.[1] She's also an avid movie buff, a TV-holic, and says she "prefers a good stout Guinness to wimpy American beers."

Caine does most of her writing in a coffee shop near her home.[2] She says she finds Caramel Mocha "very inspirational." Caine listens to music while she writes, the playlist changing from project to project.

Contents

[edit] Published works

[edit] The Weather Warden series

  1. Ill Wind (December 2003, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-45952-0)
  2. Heat Stroke (August 2004, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-45984-9)
  3. Chill Factor (January 2005, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-46010-3)
  4. Windfall (November 2005, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-46057-X)
  5. Firestorm (September 2006, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-46104-5)
  6. Thin Air (August 2007, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-46163-0)
  7. Gale Force (August 2008, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-46223-8)
  8. Cape Storm (August 2009, Roc Books, ISBN 0-451-46284-X)

Joanne Baldwin is a Weather Warden, 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 four Warden capabilities—Earth, Fire, Wind and Water—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 which partner with Wardens to do their work. Her life becomes one huge complication as she learns a lot of truths people don't want her to know.

On August 8, 2007, Caine reported on her blog that the seventh novel of her Weather Warden series was "finished and submitted" as The Friction Layer. She noted that this title was likely to change before publication, and this was ultimately proven correct, as the novel was released as Gale Force on August 5, 2008.[3]

[edit] The Red Letter Days series

  1. Devil's Bargain (August 2005, Silhouette Bombshell, ISBN 0-373-51367-4)
  2. Devil's Due (January 2006, Silhouette Bombshell, ISBN 0-373-51387-9)

[edit] The Morganville Vampires series (Young Adult)

  1. Glass Houses (October 2006, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-21994-5)[4]
  2. The Dead Girls' Dance (April 2007, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-22089-7)
  3. Midnight Alley (October 2007, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-22238-5)
  4. Feast of Fools (June 2008, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-22463-9)
  5. Lord of Misrule (January 2009, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-22572-4)
  6. Carpe Corpus (June 6 2009, Signet Books, ISBN 0-451-22719-0)
  7. Fade Out (November 2009, Signet Books)
  8. Book 8 (2010, Signet Books)
  9. Book 9 (2010, Signet Books)
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Glass Houses

Is the first book in the series. College freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation. Being two years younger at sixteen and already smarter than most in the party college, TPU (or better known as TPEWWWW) life was never going to be easy. Monica Morell, Jennifer and Gina, or better known as the Monikettes beat her up and make her life hell. Monica is the most popular girl in the college and she has connections. The popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero. After a violent confrontation Claire is threatened that she will "get what's coming to her" by Monica. She begins to really believe that they are attempting to seriously hurt her and that if she stays in the dorm she will have to leave Morganville.

When Claire heads off-campus however, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be that much better. Her new roommates, Eve, Shane and Michael all have their secrets, but the biggest secret of all isn't really a secret at all - well, only to Claire. But Claire and her new friends come out fighting when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood. In this book, secrets come to light. We discover that Eve, her goth roommate has a brother known as Jason. As children, the two were beaten by a vicious and young vampire by the name of Brandon. Who proves the be a problem to the girls. The mystery behind the death of Shane's little sister in the fire that burned down their home and burnt her alive. Did Monica do it as retribution for Shane humiliating her, although it does not show what he did. Also in this book, Michael, the angelic beauty who tends to disappear at daytime, is in fact a 'ghost'. More or less, he's a half-vampire (or so she thinks) that disappears during the daylight hours... literally.

Dead Girls Dance

The second book in the series, it continues from the cliffhanger ending of the first book.The book starts with the arrival of Shane's anti-vampire father (Who tries to murder Micheal) causes havoc in Morganville. His killing spree starts with Brandon, the evil troller. Shane gets blamed for Brandon's murder and is caged as a result. (Caged meaning the punishment for murderers, which is being locked in a cage and publicly burned to death)Soon after that, Claire sees Oliver holding a friendly conversation with Shane's father and starts to get suspicious. While trying to free Shane, Eve gets out an arsenal of vampire-killing equipment and Micheal locks her away in her room after mesmerizing her. Eve takes Claire on a search for help the next morning, but Claire gets kidnapped by Monica and her pet Monickettes. They are intercepted by Shanes father, who takes Monica hostage. To get help from Sam the vampire (Incrediblly,also Micheal's grandfather!)Claire and Eve go to the Dead Girls Dance to meet him. Claire meets a boy called Ian, who offers her a drink. Ian turns out to be an amateur rapist. Eve finds Sam just in time and they leave the party unharmed. When they return to the house, they find that Micheal has begged Amelie to turn him into a vampire. He is turned and soon after that, they find that Shane has been freed by his father. After a period off fighting, Shane's father leaves town, and Claire strikes a contract with Amelie.

Midnight Alley

In the third book in the series, Claire makes an important decision that determines the rest of her life. This leads her to find out the deepest, darkest secret of Morganville; enough to destroy the city, if it fell into the wrong hands. She must learn all she can in order to save her best friend, patron, and those she tolerates enough. With Monica kissing up and Shane in more trouble than ever, Claire must work to protect her friends and herself.

Feast of Fools

In the town of Morganville, vampires and humans live in relative peace. Student Claire Danvers has never been convinced, though—especially with the arrival of Mr. Bishop, an ancient, old-school vampire who cares nothing about harmony. What he wants from the town’s living and its dead is unthinkably sinister. It’s only at a formal ball, attended by vampires and their human dates, that Claire realizes the elaborately evil trap he’s set for Morganville.

Lord Of Misrule

In the college town of Morganville, vampires and humans coexist in (relatively) bloodless harmony. Then comes Bishop, the master vampire who threatens to abolish all order, revive the forces of the evil dead, and let chaos rule. But Bishop isn’t the only threat. Violent black cyclone clouds hover, promising a storm of devastating proportions as student Claire Danvers and her friends prepare to defend Morganville against elements both natural and unnatural.

Fade Out
(November 3, 2009)

Morganville has stabilized into a kind of peace (although it may only be skin deep), but new players are entering the scene, and the course of true love never does run smooth — especially when an old girlfriend drops in for a visit. And the phrase “hidden camera” takes on entirely new and significant meaning for our heroes in the Glass House.

It has also been announced on the author's website that the rights to a Morganville Vampire film/tv series or any other multimedia production from the people behind the popular series Red Dwarf.

[edit] The Athena Force series

  1. Line of Sight (August 2007, Silhouette Special Releases, ISBN 0-373-38972-8)[5]

[edit] The Outcast Season series

  1. Undone (February 3, 2009, Roc, ISBN 0-451-46261-0)

On August 24, 2007, Caine announced on her mailing list and her blog that she has 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."[6] The first book in the series is titled Undone was released in February 2009.

[edit] as Julie Fortune

[edit] Personal life

Caine grew up in west Texas and graduated from Socorro High School in El Paso, Texas, in 1980. She is a 1985 graduate of Texas Tech University with a bachelor's degree in accounting (with a minor in music).

In addition to a daunting writing schedule, she returned in September 2008 to a full-time job as a Director of Corporate Communications for a large multinational company, having taken an eight-month hiatus for most of 2008 to complete pressing deadlines.[8] She lives in north Texas with her husband, artist Cat Conrad.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bexte, Martina (February 2004). "Rachel Caine e-interviewed". BookLoons. http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Columns.asp?type=Interview&name=Rachel%20Caine. 
  2. ^ Warner, Bethany K. (2006-04-11). "Author Answers with Rachel Caine". Word Nerd. http://bkwriter.blogspot.com/2006/04/author-answers-with-rachel-caine.html. 
  3. ^ Caine, Rachel (2007-08-08). "Ouch. That's gonna leave a mark". The Weather Report. http://rachelcaine.livejournal.com/93173.html. 
  4. ^ Halvorsen, Barry (2007-07-22). "Recommended books in young adult series". Victoria Advocate. 
  5. ^ "Athena Force page". eHarlequin.com. http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=15266&cid=. 
  6. ^ Caine, Rachel (2007-08-24). "Outcast Season! And upcoming cake-serving events!". The Weather Report. http://rachelcaine.livejournal.com/93495.html. 
  7. ^ "Sacrifice Moon page". Fandemonium Ltd.. http://www.stargatenovels.com/sacrificemoon.shtml. 
  8. ^ Smith, Cynthia Leitich (2006-10-09). "Author Interview: Rachel Caine on Glass Houses". Cynsations. http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2006/10/author-interview-rachel-caine-on-glass.html. 
  9. ^ Martindale, David (July 9, 2009). "Third name is the charm for woman who was leery of being author". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/living/story/1478567.html. 

[edit] External links

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