Rachel Hartman

@rachelhartmanbooks.com

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Close-up of a white blossom and several buds on a raspberry bush
Me in an orange jacket holding my book, AMONG GHOSTS. We both have BC & Yukon Book Prizes Finalist stickers on.
A parti-coloured red-brindle whippet posing coyly upon a red couch
A parti-coloured whippet on a round blue cushion, looking very chill. Caption reads: Enough sunbeam?? I'll tell you when I've had enough sunbeam
Parti-coloured whippet puppy digs in a box of cut-up blue jeans, looking for treats
A silly whippet puppy lying on her back, showing her speckled belly, with her head cocked to one side. She clearly wants a belly rub. Is there some reason you're not giving her one?
An adorable parti-coloured whippet is looking up at me from under my chair
A poster for Word on the Street Lethbridge Book and Magazine festival, September 20, 2025, 11am to 5pm, Lethbridge Public Library, Main Branch. Celebrating Reading, Advocating Literacy. This poster gives the schedule for the Teen Zone Stage. 11:15 Lauren Seal, 12pm Emily Varga, 1:00 Sarah Raughley, 2:00 Rachel Hartman, 3:00 Ryan North, 4:00 Teen Writing Contest Winners. On the right hand side are pictures of the featured authors and their latest books.
An adorable parti-coloured whippet puppy napping on an olive green mat with a colourful rope toy beside her
A whippet puppy sleeping on her taco-shaped daybed in particularly whippy fashion, on her back with legs in the air. Beside her is her baby shark, and now that song is stuck in your head. Baby shark! Do do do do do!
A red-brindle parti-coloured whippet puppy with piercing black eyes lounging on her new crate cushion
A very cute parti-coloured whippet puppy lying on a red blanket in a blue kiddie wading pool, looking mischievous. I mean, seriously cute. Like, you would be dead of cuteness in about five minutes if you encountered this in real life. Damn that dog is cute!
Crocheted baby blanket hanging off the edge of a table, in navy, light blue, orange and cream. Stripes of Suzette stitch interspersed with moss stitch with decorative perforations, if you care about that kind of thing. "Decorative perforations" is probably not the technical term, but I'm self-taught and new at this sort of thing.
Poster for Rachel Hartman's book launch at Iron Dog Books, July 9th at 7pm. Scan QR code to reserve your spot!
Poster for book event: Book Launch, Rachel Hartman, in conversation with Melissa Yue. Iron Dog Books, Wednesday July 9th, doors at 6:30pm, 2671 E. Hastings St. Pink poster with cover of Among Ghosts and photo of Rachel Hartman. QR code to reserve a seat.
A metal necklace pendant with the words "War is not healthy for children and other living things" and a stylized sunflower.
A forest scene with large-leafed skunk cabbage and water in the foreground, ferns, mossy tree trunks, and an old stump in the background.
A wild-eyed, grinning whippet runs across a gravel lot. Photo credit: Liz Edgar
Close-up of pale pink cherry blossoms
An elderly brindle whippet curled up in a ball on a green blanket, a paisley blanket, and a red pillow
A crocheted granny square, about 8 rows deep, in crimson and gold, laid across a red couch cushion. My hand is on the left for scale. I'd say it's about 8" by 8" but that's kind of a guess
Una the whippet running happily at the dog park when she was maybe 2-3 years old. Photo credit: Liz Edgar
Una in better days, ears alert, owner of a red couch covered with dark quilts in front of bookshelves
The greying head and ears of my elderly whippet, Una, half buried under her navy blue blankie, I love you beautiful girl and I'm so sad
Unbaked barley rolls in a white baking dish
A lamb roast tied with string, sitting in a roasting pan, ready to go in the oven
A round grey bowl containing olive relish: a mix of green and kalamata olives, plus herbs, vinegar, and olive oil, ground into a chunky paste
This plump grey bird with black and yellow stripes on its head is a Golden-crowned kinglet. This one is perched on a lichen-covered tree trunk in front of a street.
Una the elderly brindle whippet, on a red couch with a green blanket, leaning her elbow on a purple pillow
An elderly whippet (blue/fawn brindle with white legs and a very grey muzzle) curled up on a red pillow, a green blanket, and another blanket that's black with a sort of floral pattern
Three red and white fly agaric mushrooms (aminita muscaria). There's a small one at the bottom left, not fully open yet, and then another small one toward the center of the picture, huddled under a larger, fully open mushroom as if for warmth.
Large aminita muscaria mushroom sheltering smaller one on a tangled lawn with dead oak leaves. The aminita, rather than a dark red like you usually see, is a pretty pale orange.
Closeup of an elderly whippet curled up on a brown blanket with red cushions behind her
a cascade of beige mushrooms coming out of a mossy stump, they kind of resemble an avalanche of pancakes
A bright orange slimy fungus, called "witches' butter," on a lichen and moss-covered tree trunk
A cluster of tiny tan mushrooms with round caps, growing out of a patch of green moss, with twigs and dead leaves, happy autumn everyone
Two fly agaric mushrooms--bright red with white speckles--amongst the fallen oak leaves
A copy of IN THE SERPENT'S WAKE next to an award certificate
Pileated woodpecker clinging to a dead log, hard to see among the shadows, but you can just make out its black and white striped face and its red crest and its big black body
A blue-fawn brindle whippet, gone very grey, curled up to go to sleep, close up of her head
The cover of "Fallout," a comic book about Oppenheimer and Szillard by Jim Ottaviani et al. Cover illustration is of Oppenheimer with a mushroom cloud coming out of his pipe, a slouching Szilard in silhouette crossing the desert in the background
The album cover for Imaginacion by Inti-Illimani, shadowy blue instruments in foreground, multicolored shapes falling like snow, a little dude on a flying llama
Brindle-and-white whippet with a blue collar lying among various pillows, looking straight at the camera with both ears raised like a bunny's