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Rachel Caine


genre - Young adult, urban fantasy/paranormal romance
home town - Fort Worth, Texas
home on the web   - Website: www.rachelcaine.com, Twitter: www.twitter.com/rachelcaine, Myspace: www.myspace.com/rachelcaine, Livejournal: rachelcaine.livejournal.com, and I'm also on Facebook
past material -
As Roxanne Longstreet: Stormriders, The Undead, Red Angel, Cold Kiss, Slow Burn
As Roxanne Conrad: Bridge of Shadows, Copper Moon, Exile Texas
As Rachel Caine - Weather Warden series (Ill Wind, Heat Stroke, Chill Factor, Windfall, Firestorm, Thin Air, Gale Force, Cape Storm, Total Eclipse), Morganvlle Vampires series (Glass Houses, The Dead Girls' Dance, Midnight Alley, Feast of Fools, Lord of Misrule, Carpe Corpus, Fade Out, Kiss of Death, Ghost Town), the Outcast Season series (Undone, Unknown, Unseen, Unbroken), the Red Letter Days series (Devil's Bargain, Devil's Due), Athena Force: Line of Sight


current project - Just finished Total Eclipse, the 9th Weather Warden book; starting on Ghost Town, the 10th Morganville Vampires novel. After that, working on the first book of a new series, Dead Sexy
places where books are available for purchases - most bookstores worldwide as well as ebook retailers.

Interview questions

How did you get your start in writing?

I started writing at the age of 14, and sold my first work at the age of about 28. I wasn't sending out to any publishers, and one of my best friends bought me a ticket to a convention and actually drove me there to encourage me to try to learn more about being a professional. Amazingly, I met the editor who bought my first book there, and I was on my way to being published in a matter of weeks.

who are your biggest influences -

I'd have to say Roger Zelazny is probably one of my idols, as well as romantic adventure writers like Baroness Orczy.

What is your biggest inspiration when creating? -

I've always had lots of stories buzzing around in my head ... I never seem to run out of things to write about. I think most of all it's the delight of just telling a story that interests me -- which I hope will appeal to other people.

Could you give us the details of your current project? -

 I just finish Total Eclipse, which will be out in August 2010, and I'm really excited about it. It's the last book in the 9-volume Weather Warden series, and I tried to really put it all together. Looking forward to seeing what people think about it!
Also, I'm starting work on Ghost Town, the 9th book in the Morganville series ... I think this is going to be a very interesting book to write because I plan to do something really different and (hopefully) very dramatic. This is also going to be the first Morganville book to be hardcover.
I probably should also say that Unknown, the second book of the Outcast Season series, is coming out right now, and I'm so thrilled with the response I've been getting about Cassiel as a main character. It was a risk to start a new series with a Djinn (genie) but I really think she's got a style all her own.
What is the next goal you would like to achieve with your writing?

- Honestly, I can't even imagine, I feel very fortunate to be where I am. I would like to see one of the series made into a film or tv show, as addicted as I am to those art forms, though!




Final four (questions we ask all interviewees)

When the zombies take over the world where will you be?

- Holed up in a bunker with my friends, with chainsaws and Twinkies. Hopefully.

Jedi, Ninja, vampire, were-wolf, pirate, fairy or Spartan? -

Oh, definitely pirate. Yarrrrr.

What one piece of art, be it music, book, film or picture, do you think people must experience before they die? -

I honestly can't imagine not ever having seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind. That's probably my island movie. Then again, I can't imagine life without a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, either ...

Give one fact that most people would not believe about you? -

 I have an accounting degree and worked as an claims investigator. Never fear - I was HORRIBLE at it.

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