Rachel Aukes


Rachel Aukes is an American horror / science fiction / fantasy novelist best known for the Deadland Saga. She is a Wattpad Star, her stories having over eight million reads. Aukes earliest five books and two short stories were released under the pen name Berinn Rae. Several of her books are self-published under Waypoint Books LLC, her publishing company. She was born in Manchester, Iowa, U.S.A. in 1972 and attended West Delaware high school. She received her undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems and Communications from University of Northern Iowa and a masters of public administration at Drake University. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime. She lives in the Midwest.

Selected works

Guardians of the Seven Seals series

Paranormal Romance, written as Berinn RaeKnightfall
  • ''Hellbound''

Colliding Worlds Trilogy

Science Fiction Romance, written as Berinn RaeCollision, Implosion, Explosion,

Deadland Saga

Horror/Apocalyptic Science Fiction
This three-book series is a modern remake of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy with a zombie apocalypse twist. 100 Days in Deadland Deadland's Harvest
  • ''Deadland Rising''

Fringe Series

Science FictionFringe Runner Fringe Station Fringe Campaign Fringe War
  • ''Fringe Legacy''

Tidy Guides

Non-FictionThe Tidy Guide to Writing A Novel The Tidy Guide to Self-Editing Your Novel
  • ''The Tidy Guide to Publishing Your Novel''

Bounty Hunter Series

Post-Apocalyptic Science FictionBounty Hunter Bounty Hunter: Dig Two Graves Bounty Hunter: Nothing to Nobody
  • ''Bounty Hunter: Rake and Scrape''

Flight of the Javelin Series

Science FictionBlack Sheep Free Station
  • ''Rogue Planet''

Space Troopers Series (co-written with Jamie McFarlane)

Science Fiction Rebel's Call Rebel's Run
  • ''Rebel's Strike''

Waymaker Wars Series

Science FictionSpace Junk Freezer Burn
  • ''Malfunction Junction''

Secondhand Spaceman Series

Science FictionSecondhand Spaceman Secondhand Starship
  • ''Secondhand Singularity''

Sam Brodie Series

Science Fiction Thriller
  • ''The Lazarus Key''

Redline Corps Series

Science FictionExpendable Besieged
  • ''Vanguard''

Short fiction

Stealing Fate Envy's Revenge, Tales from the SFR Brigade, Vol.1 anthology Beer, Bugs, and the End of the World, Stories On The Go Cracked, At Hells Gates, Vol. 1 anthology Perfect, Fat Zombie anthology Control+Alt+Delete, Never Fear anthology A Tale of Three Deaths, Out of Tune, Volume 2 anthology Sweeton's Shangri-La, Run anthology The Seeker, Imagines anthology Bat Johnson, the Mad Mortician of Mars, Pew! Pew! anthology The Teardrop that became a Torrent, Galactic Frontiers anthology The Fall of Fort Bragg, Missions from the Extinction Cycle Volume 1 anthology Outpost 46: Deadwood, Missions from the Extinction Cycle Volume 2 anthology Golems of War, The Expanding Universe Volume 5 anthology Ragged Old Golem, We Dare: No Man's Land anthology The Bounty Hunter's Creed, We Dare: Wanted, Dead or Alive anthology Heavy Metal Night at the Met, Mega Metal Attack audio anthology Brown 26, Learning to be Human Short Stories Three-Headed Problem, Weird Tales Magazine No. 368

Awards and honors

  • Named "Best of 2013" by Suspense Magazine
  • Named "Best Zombie Books" by Huffington Post
  • 2013 RWA Silken Sands Star Award for Best Short Story
  • 2012 Stealing Fate listed as a Recommended Read by USA Today
  • 2012 EPIC Award finalist for Best Fantasy Romance
  • 2012 Bookie Award nominee for Best Fantasy Romance