Rachel Canon

Rachel Canon

"Canon can tell a story. The secondary characters are brilliantly drawn ..." Library Journal

"Canon's characters are well-rounded and sound real." Los Angeles Times Book Review




Welcome

If you found this site, it's highly likely that you already know me or that we've connected somewhere along the way. Or you may have some other reason for wanting to learn more about me and my fiction. You're welcome, in any case.

Fiction writer is one of my parallel lives (see bio). It lets me create characters to crawl inside of and learn from, and ultimately expand the limits of my own experience. That's why it's always been my favorite thing to do (well, along with riding Space Mountain and sipping Malbec).

The Anniversary Random House
A while back, I wrote a novel set in the aftermath of the assassination of the first woman U.S. President. At the time, electing a woman (or a non-white man) to the highest office in the land was clearly in the realm of fiction.

I am nothing at all like that fictional late lady president and only bear the smallest resemblance to the book's protagonist – her closest friend, who is charged with upholding her legacy through a political and personal maelstrom. But what fun it was to be them for a while.

I am now nearing completion of a novel I've been working on for so long it's embarrassing (see bio for excuses). The working title is High Ground and you can read more about it by clicking on the link to the right. I also have a couple of other fiction projects in the works -- more to come.


Material on this site, unless otherwise noted, is copyrighted by Rachel Canon 1979-2009

Selected Works

Fiction
The Anniversary
Random House, 1996
January 23rd
Headline Books, 1995
High Ground
Novel in progress
Short Fiction
Country Road
In Turning Up The Leaves, Coe Review Pres, 2000
Unwinding
In UnEarth, Second Anniversary Issue, Winter 1979
Just for Fun
Barbephobia
In BBQ'ed Poetry, 1989

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