Rachelle J. Christensen was born and raised in a small farming town in Idaho. She graduated cum laude from Utah State University with a degree in psychology.
She enjoys singing and songwriting, playing the piano, running, motivational speaking, and of course reading. Rachelle has an amazing husband, five cute kids, three cats, and dozens of chickens.
"I was born in the small farming town of Rupert, Idaho and I loved my childhood. I learned to work hard on the family farm and later working for other farmers in the area. As a teenager, I was often seen wearing irrigation boots, chaps, and a ponytail while driving a four-wheeler. All that work moving pipe, hoeing beans, picking dirt clods off the potato harvester, and getting blistered by the baking desert heat gave me motivation to work hard in school. I received a full scholarship to Utah State University and became an Aggie! I graduated cum laude from USU with a bachelor’s in Psychology and a minor in music. I tap into this knowledge base regularly as I write.
I met my husband, Steve, at USU and after our marriage we lived in Utah in another small town. I loved it there and began attending writing conferences and workshops in the region regularly to hone my craft. In 2010 my first suspense novel was published. Wrong Number was a Whitney Award finalist and the recipient of the Outstanding Book of the Year award from the League of Utah Writers.
Since then I’ve written a dozen books, written hundreds of articles for both print and online magazines, presented at writing conferences and workshops, and collaborated with authors on anthologies and nonfiction projects.
I’m also a stay-at-home mom of five pretty cute kids. Two girls and three boys = a wild and crazy house. After the birth of our fifth child, I finally convinced my husband to look into moving back to Idaho so we could have a little more space to raise our family. I’m thrilled to be a farm girl again, living on a few acres with over 40 chickens, several cats, and hopefully a dog soon!
My husband tells me that I have too many interests and he is right. I enjoy gardening, chicken herding, playing the piano, singing, composing music, running, yoga, oil painting, making handmade cards, crocheting, and cooking. I love laughing with my family and looking out the window at the sun setting over hundreds of acres of farm land. Idaho has the most beautiful sunsets!"
| Title | Role | Year | Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrong Number | Author | 2010 | Novel |  |
| Diamond Rings are Deadly Things | Author | 2014 | Fiction |  |
| Proposals and Poison | Author | 2016 | Mystery |  |
| The Soldier's Bride | Author | 2016 | Romance |  |
| Veils and Vengeance | Author | 2015 | Fiction |  |