Rachel Aukes

Rachel Aukes is the bestselling author of over forty novels, including 100 Days in Deadland, which made Suspense Magazine’s Best of the Year list. She's been listed as a "recommended read" by USA Today and was one of the first Wattpad Stars, with her stories having over eight million reads. She writes in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her series include Secondhand Spaceman, Waymaker Wars, Space Troopers (cowritten with Jamie McFarlane), Flight of the Javelin, Fringe, Deadland Saga, Colliding Worlds, Guardians of the Seven Seals, and the nonfiction Tidy Guides. Her books have been touted, "The best science fiction I've read in a long while" by SF Reader. When not writing, Rachel can be found flying old airplanes with an incredibly spoiled fifty-pound lap dog across the Midwest countryside. She lives in Eastern Iowa.