C. Rae grew up in an oceanside city in Southern California, where she quickly fell in love with the sea. After attending college in a farming community in Northern California, Rae relocated to Los Angeles. Drawing on her childhood and her city life for inspiration, By Force of Hand is Rae's first published novel. She now lives in Northern California where she is working on her second novel, a fantasy romance about two lost souls stuck in a mountain town. more...