title: Rachel's Next Chapter
author: Barbara Cairns
description: Barbara Cairns, a New Englander, is a former teacher and school principal who traveled extensively while working for Department of Defense schools. Her books thus far have been geared toward children with her art series GATSBY'S GRAND ADVENTURES, her history book CRACKER COW, and her captioned photo book featuring NIMH, THE DUMBO RAT. Her first fiction novel, NETTIE'S DREAM is a heartwarming and exciting story set in the rocky coast of Maine. An animal lover, Barbara volunteers weekly at the Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. She lives on the Nature Coast of Florida with her Englishman husband, Ian.
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  ## About the Author
  
  
  Rachel Marks studied English at Exeter University before becoming a primary
  school teacher. Despite always loving to write, it wasn’t until she gained a
  place on the 2016 Curtis Brown Creative online novel-writing course that she
  started to believe it could be anything more than a much-loved hobby. Her
  inspiration for her first book came from the challenges she faced with her
  eldest son – testing and fascinating in equal measure – and the research she
  did to try and understand him better.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Rachel Marks
  
  
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