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Rachel Caine

2 universes Last reviewed 2026-10-30

Rachel Caine was the pen name of Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also wrote as Roxanne Longstreet and Roxanne Conrad. She was born on April 27, 1962, grew up in West Texas, and studied accounting with a minor in music at Texas Tech University. She worked as a professional musician, playing with performers including Henry Mancini, Peter Nero and John Williams, and began publishing novels and short stories in 1990. From 1999 she worked in corporate communications, and in 2010 she retired from that career to write full-time. She lived in north Texas with her husband, the artist Cat Conrad. Her work includes the Weather Warden and Outcast Season series, the young adult Morganville Vampires series, the Great Library series and the Stillhouse Lake thrillers. She was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma in 2018 and died on November 1, 2020, aged 58. In 2020 the SFWA gave her its Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award.

Universe(s)

Weather Warden

  • Core Canon books: 13
  • Current rank: #750 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 3.91
  • Award recognitions: None recorded

The Morganville Vampires

  • Core Canon books: 15
  • Current rank: #227 in the official ranking
  • Weighted average: 4.13
  • Award recognitions: None recorded

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