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After declaring herself a pretty pink princess during her first ballet class, Rachel dreamt of sugarplums and began pirouetting her way through life. While studying to become a ballerina, she compulsively read books under her covers by flashlight and scribbled in spiral-bound notebooks. The urge to tell stories culminated in her graduation from Columbia College Chicago with a B.F.A. in fiction writing.
Never one to keep her feet on the ground, she traveled the world from Prague to Cape Town. Once settled back in Queens, she dabbled in journalism before working as an Editorial Assistant for a medical publisher. Seeking a more fulfilling career, she earned her MAT from Queens College and currently works as an English teacher in an alternative program in NYC.
Rachel spends her time sipping coffee, trying to cook, and practicing her pirouettes. She currently resides in Freeport, Long Island.
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Rachel Corsini rated Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: 4 stars
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Jacobs, a mother and …
Rachel Corsini rated The fatal flame: 5 stars
The fatal flame by Lyndsay Faye (Timothy Wilde mysteries -- [3])
"No one in 1840s New York likes fires, but copper star Timothy Wilde least of all. So when an arsonist …
Rachel Corsini rated Wild Storm: 3 stars
Wild Storm by Richard Castle (Derrick Storm thriller -- book 5)
Hired to look into a recent spate of plane crashes that have killed powerful people in politics, business and religion, …
Rachel Corsini rated Peter Pan: 5 stars
Rachel Corsini rated Deadly Heat (Nikki Heat, #5): 3 stars
Deadly Heat (Nikki Heat, #5) by Richard Castle, Richard Castle
Determined to find justice for her mother, top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat continues to pursue the elusive former CIA …
Rachel Corsini rated A game of thrones, the graphic novel: 3 stars
Daniel Abraham: A game of thrones, the graphic novel (2014)
A game of thrones, the graphic novel by Daniel Abraham
In King's Landing, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, the Hand of King Robert Baratheon, is surrounded by enemies. Some are …
Rachel Corsini rated American Vampire: 4 stars
American Vampire by Scott Snyder
"Writer Scott Snyder (BATMAN, SWAMP THING) and artist Rafael Albuquerque bring together even more threads to the complex tapestry that …
Rachel Corsini rated Hollow City: 4 stars
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Hollow City is a 2014 dark fantasy novel and a sequel to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children written by …
Rachel Corsini rated American Vampire Vol. 6: 4 stars
Rachel Corsini rated The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: 3 stars
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to …
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente (duplicate) (Fairyland (3))
Longing for a new adventure that will reunite her with Ell, the Wyverary, and Saturday, September is spirited away to …
Rachel Corsini rated Seven for a Secret (Timothy Wilde, #2): 5 stars
Seven for a Secret (Timothy Wilde, #2) by Lyndsay Faye
In 1846 New York six months after the formation of the NYPD, officer Timothy Wilde investigates a ring of "blackbirders" …
Rachel Corsini rated The Space Between: 4 stars
The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander, #7.5)
Rachel Corsini rated Call me María: 4 stars
Judith Ortiz Cofer: Call me María (2006, Scholastic Inc.)
Call me María by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Fifteen-year-old Maria leaves her mother and their Puerto Rican home to live in a barrio of New York with her …