Rachel McGuire is the pen name for the collaboration between Rachel Graham and Lee-Ann McGuire Whitlock. Rachel Graham has worked as a firefighter, paramedic, clinical researcher, and health consultant. She lives in San Diego, California, with her family. Lee-Ann McGuire Whitlock is a former lawyer, serial entrepreneur, and national pub trivia champion several times over. She and her husband, two children, and two Cavalier King Charles spaniels split their time between Arkansas and Vancouver, Canada. On the Surface is their first thriller.