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Rachel Howzell Hall


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aka Rachel Howzell

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.
 


Genres: Mystery, Fantasy
 
New and upcoming books
June 2024

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What Fire Brings
 
July 2024

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The Last One
 
May 2025

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Fog and Fury
(Haven , book 1)
Series
Detective Elouise Norton
   1. Land of Shadows (2014)
   2. Skies of Ash (2015)
   3. Trail of Echoes (2016)
   4. City of Saviors (2017)
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Haven
   1. Fog and Fury (2025)
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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)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   How It Ends (2021)
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Anthologies edited
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Series contributed to
 
Never Tell
   4. Scorpions (2024)
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Books containing stories by Rachel Howzell Hall
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Shattering Glass (2020)
A Nasty Woman Press Anthology
edited by
Heather Graham
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Private Investigations (2020)
Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives
edited by
Victoria Zackheim

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Award nominations
2023 Short Story Dagger (longlist) : Clout Chase
2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : We Lie Here
2022 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : These Toxic Things
2022 ITW Award for Best Audiobook (nominee) : How It Ends
2022 Anthony Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : These Toxic Things
2021 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2021 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2021 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2021 Anthony Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : And Now She's Gone
2020 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel (nominee) : They All Fall Down
2020 ITW Award for Best Hardcover Novel (nominee) : They All Fall Down
2020 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : They All Fall Down


Rachel Howzell Hall recommends
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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."
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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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Such a Lovely Family (2024)
Aggie Blum Thompson
"Fun and engaging, Thompson's latest 'whodunnit,' showcases her knack for sly humor and building suspense. Secrets, money, murder... What could possibly go wrong?"

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