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Rachel Gillig

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Fantasy, Romance, Horror

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May 2013

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Rachel Gillig was born and raised on the California coast. She is a writer, with a B.A. in Literary Theory and Criticism from UC Davis. If she is not ensconced in blankets dreaming up her next novel, Rachel is in her garden or walking with her husband, son, and their poodle, Wally.

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Average rating: 4.3 · 1,492,836 ratings · 213,441 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 716,530 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Twisted Crowns (The Shepherd King, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 548,876 ratings — published 2023 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 225,461 ratings — published 2025 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shepherd King Duology Paperback Boxed Set (The Shepherd King, #1-2) 4.48 avg rating — 1,879 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 48 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As Bad Luck Would Have It 4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings — expected publication 2027	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shepherd King 2-Book Box Set by Rachel Gillig – One Dark Window & Two Twisted Crowns 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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TWO TWISTED CROWNS Content Warnings:

Adult language/Profanity
Possession
Sexual content
Alcohol consumption
Violence, gore, body horror
Self harm for magic
Vomiting
Mention of violence against children
Parental neglect
Mention of suicide ideation
Grief/loss

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Series by Rachel Gillig

The Shepherd King (2 books)
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Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author)

4.31 avg rating — 1,266,637 ratings

The Stonewater Kingdom (2 books)
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4.23 avg rating — 225,268 ratings

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Rachel Gillig rated a book it was amazing I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There once was a girl,” he murmured, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King… and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

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“To the quiet girls with stories in their heads.
To their dreams—and their nightmares.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

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“Be wary. Be clever. Be good.”
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What book would you like to read for our March 2024 Group Read? The theme is Numbers.

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Fantasy, Mystery

21 votes 21.4%

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fiction, Romance

14 votes 14.3%

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Science Fiction, Dystopia

14 votes 14.3%

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Classics

12 votes 12.2%

11/22/63 by Stephen King
Time Travel, Historical Fiction

10 votes 10.2%

The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Historical Fiction

8 votes 8.2%

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Classics

7 votes 7.1%

One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Fantasy

5 votes 5.1%

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Fantasy, Science Fiction

4 votes 4.1%

Greta Gilbert's Implausible Definition of Dying a Human by Zosia Hallas Smith
Fiction

3 votes 3.1%

98 total votes

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