Rachel Funk Heller

Rachel Funk Heller began her career as a journalist and worked as an independent television writer/producer for over two decades. She's worked for a variety of industry clients as well as the Hawaii State Department of Education. She is a former CNN producer who worked in both the Atlanta headquarters and the Washington D.C. bureau. She is the creator of "The Writer's Coloring Book®" check it out at writerscoloriningbook.com

  • four witches around a cauldron reading copies of Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern.

    Walpurgis Night, Moving Boxes, and the Best-Laid Launch Plans…. I had a plan. A beautiful one. I had developed an elaborate media and marketing campaign for the launch of Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern. There were graphics to make, posts to schedule, newsletters to write, little flourishes to arrange — all of it designed […]

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  • Want to be an Advanced Reader of “Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern”

    For all you “Forensic Astrology Fans,” the wait is over. Book Two in the series, “Secrets of the Red Oak Tavern,” is coming your way on May 1, 2026. Here’s a sneak peek: Detective Hunter Davis has spent his career trusting hard evidence, not horoscopes. But when San Francisco crime boss Sean Muldooney is murdered […]

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  • Rainy Adventures and Book Signings in San Francisco

    image of Coit Tower in San Francisco on Telegraph Hill

    Hello, my pretties, I just returned from my San Francisco trip…. and it was a trip. I arrived in time to experience the city’s heavy rain. The rain didn’t deter my search for the Red Oak Tavern location, a key setting in the second Forensic Astrology Files book. I found a funny red brick building […]

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