Rachel Hawkins

Rachel Hawkins is an American author born in Newport News, Virginia, who grew up in Dothan, Alabama. She studied English literature at Auburn University and taught high school English for several years before becoming a full-time writer.

Her debut, Hex Hall (2010), launched a young adult paranormal series, and she followed it with the Rebel Belle books and the Royals series. Since The Wife Upstairs (2021) she has written adult psychological thrillers, including Reckless Girls, The Villa and The Heiress. She also publishes romance as Erin Sterling and lives in Auburn, Alabama.