Rachel McRady
Rachel is an Emmy Award-winning writer and editor who has lived in Brooklyn, NY; London, England; and who currently resides in Richmond, VA. She’s had pieces published in The Washington Post, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Time, Us Weekly, The Huffington Post, Motherly, Teen Vogue, Yahoo Life, Parade, and more.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Rachel grew up in Virginia with family in Tennessee and Georgia, spending most of her childhood reading books, writings stories, and preparing for her career as the next American Idol. When that didn’t pan out, she fell in love with journalism, which she studied at James Madison University. After graduating, she moved to New York with her husband, Caleb, where she worked for a variety of national publications. When the opportunity arose for them to live in London, they packed up their French bulldog and seven oversized suitcases and moved abroad for three years, when she wrote the majority of her debut novel, Sun Seekers. Rachel and Caleb welcomed their first daughter, Iona, in the same hospital where Daniel Radcliffe was born. Fully aware that it takes a village, they moved back to Virginia and later welcomed their second daughter, Isla.
When she’s not writing dazzling prose about the Kardashians or chasing her two incredible monsters, Rachel can be found voraciously reading, getting into heated debates about Gilmore Girls, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the genius of Jack Black, or planning her next trip.
About Sun Seekers
A vital, illuminating debut novel of a broken family uniting in the face of terrifying crisis, for fans of This is Us and Parenthood.
Six-year-old Gracie Lynn is perpetually curious and big-hearted. Convinced she knows how to save her beloved grandfather John from the “worm” that is eating his brain—a metaphor her mother once used to explain John’s dementia and sundown syndrome—she helps him break out of his nursing home, and the two disappear together on a quest to chase the sun. But what’s an adventure for Gracie is a nightmare scenario for her estranged parents, LeeAnn and Dan. There’s no way to predict where John might have taken their young daughter, or if he’s capable of keeping her safe.
Jaded beyond her years, and struggling with her own mental health, LeeAnn has no delusions about what might happen if they don’t locate Gracie soon. Dan is no less frantic, but communicating with LeeAnn isn’t easy, even under the circumstances—too much stands between the hopeful young couple they once were and the people they’ve become.
An emotionally resonant novel for fans of Fredrik Backman and Mark Haddon, Sun Seekers artfully explores the truths of parenthood, the ways in which we sometimes hurt those we love most, and the universal experience of deep loss—even when the person is still here.