Rachel was born in Los Angeles, California fifteen days after Paul McCartney announced the split of the Beatles. As a child, she kept a pen in her hand, writing everywherein notebooks, on loose-leaf paper, in her big brothers prep-school yearbook and on the back of church bulletins. But never on walls, buildings or freeway overpasses. That is graffiti.
For four years, she lived in the forest at UC Santa Cruz. There, she received a degree in English and American Literature, and helped to charter the Pi Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Incorporated.
She lives with her husband and daughter in L.A.
For four years, she lived in the forest at UC Santa Cruz. There, she received a degree in English and American Literature, and helped to charter the Pi Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Incorporated.
She lives with her husband and daughter in L.A.
Genres: Mystery, Fantasy
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Series
Detective Elouise Norton
1. Land of Shadows (2014)
2. Skies of Ash (2015)
3. Trail of Echoes (2016)
4. City of Saviors (2017)
1. Land of Shadows (2014)
2. Skies of Ash (2015)
3. Trail of Echoes (2016)
4. City of Saviors (2017)
Novels
A Quiet Storm (2002)
The View from Here (2010) (as by Rachel Howzell)
No One Knows You're Here (2014)
They All Fall Down (2019)
And Now She's Gone (2020)
These Toxic Things (2021)
We Lie Here (2022)
What Never Happened (2023)
What Fire Brings (2024)
The Last One (2024)
The View from Here (2010) (as by Rachel Howzell)
No One Knows You're Here (2014)
They All Fall Down (2019)
And Now She's Gone (2020)
These Toxic Things (2021)
We Lie Here (2022)
What Never Happened (2023)
What Fire Brings (2024)
The Last One (2024)
Novellas and Short Stories
Anthologies edited
Books containing stories by Rachel Howzell Hall
Tales of Music, Murder, and Mayhem (2024)
Bouchercon Anthology 2024
(Bouchercon Anthology)
edited by
Heather Graham
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Rachel Howzell Hall recommends
The Note (2025)
Alafair Burke
"WHAT?! That's what I kept saying over and over again while reading The Note. Betrayals. Lies. Love. Friendships. And twists - oh, the twists! Utterly immersive and addictive, populated by people we all know, who frustrate us, who don't know how to love us but who are there for us until the end."
Echo Road (2024)
Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh
"Intense. Propulsive. Exhausting, but that good can't-stop-reading kind of exhausting, the rooting-for-justice kind of exhaustion, the kick-ass-women-kicking-ass kind of exhaustion."
Missing White Woman (2024)
Kellye Garrett
"Kellye Garrett has done it again with Missing White Woman - she's given us a heroine that could easily be our BFF, sister, or daughter, as well as a twisty plot and relationships that are complicated and authentic. Garrett expertly mixes sorrow and grief, humor and identity with the chaos of social media, making this suspense novel a propulsive read. Garrett remains a writer to watch."
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