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Rachael Craw

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Rachael is a reader, dreamer, joker, singer, believer, writer and lover of words.

Author of award winning Spark, Stray, Shield & TheRift (Walker Books Australia and Candlewick Press) and The Lost Saint (8th Note Press and Allen & Unwin NZ)

She lives in NZ and teaches part time while writing her next novel.

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	Spark (Spark, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 2,373 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Stray (Spark, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Shield (Spark, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 825 ratings — published 2016 — 4 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 Rift 3.86 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 2018 — 10 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 Book That Made Me by Judith Ridge (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author), Ursula Dubosarsky (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 2016 — 6 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 Lost Saint 3.85 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Kill Switch (Spark, #1.1) 4.17 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2014 — 3 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
	Scar Tissue (Spark, #3.1) 4.20 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Black Room (Spark, #2.1) 4.23 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2015 — 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

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My long overdue review of @andrea_eames_author gorgeous fantasy romance novel #AHarvestOfHearts. First up, I listened to the audio book because the hardcopy wasn’t available in time for our WORD festival panel, and you know what, I’m not complaining ...more
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Audiobook Review!!! This is the first time I’ve listened to the whole audiobook of one of my own stories! Sofia Engstrand does a truly exceptional job. I was amazed at how she could make the story fully her own; I could almost forget that I wrote it a ...more
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Rachael liked John Clark's review of The Lost Saint: "What begins as a seeming story of two young people who recently broke up and find themselves on a group tour, quickly explodes, first when Ana finds herself in a darkened cavern with Will, another tour group member. As much as she wants to hook up wi" Read more of this review »
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Rachael answered Monica Beard's question: Are you planning a sequel to the Lost Saint? Hi Monica, yes! Book 2 is underway!
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