Writing
Fiction, journalism and magazine work.
Narrative Magazine
Story of the Week 2025
The Sugar Factory
A chapter from Rachel’s novel in progress. In late August 2006, Lila Fairfax moves to a Brooklyn walk-up to intern at the New York Mirror and is sent to cover the fight over the Domino Sugar Refinery, where she falls for Luke, the artist squatting inside the factory and filming every hour of his life.
Journalism and magazines
Alongside her fiction, Rachel has written a column for the New York Daily News, pieces for magazines and books, and extensively for Scholastic, Inc., where she was an assistant editor.
- New York Daily News, columnist
- The Huffington Post: “Crawfish Boil”, 2011
- Discovery Channel Books
- Wondertime Magazine: “Raising Robert”, 2008
- Scholastic Scope: Little Women, a play, 2005
- Scholastic Scope: Akeelah and the Bee, a play adapted from the film, 2006
- Scholastic Action: “Freedom Writers”, 2007
- Junior Scholastic: “Saving Africa’s Gorillas”, 2009
- Scholastic Action: “Texting Can Kill”, 2010
- Junior Scholastic: “Teddy Roosevelt: The First Environmental President”, 2011
- And more than 40 pieces for Scope, Action, Junior Scholastic, Science World and Choices