On Blackberry Hill is the winner of the 2016 National Jewish Book Award for Young Adult Literature.
''Another YA novel that fully grown adults should have no qualms about reading . . . Come for the references to morning prayers and color wars, stay for all the feels.' - Alma
'Mann's superb descriptive details about camp life and her ability to convey the difficulties all young people face (without tossing in a traditional happy ending) make the book an excellent read.'
- The Jewish Advocate
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Short stories "The Pool" (March 2021) and "Exposure" (May 2020) were featured in Byte the Book's Byte Shorts Showcase.
Rachel will be teaching Use Your Memories To Write Fiction at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College this summer, 2022.
Rachel led "Writing Practice," a workshop for members of Byte the Book, on May 5th 2021.
Rachel is a current MFA candidate and recipient of the Grace Paley Fellowship in fiction at Sarah Lawrence College.
