Rachel Simon is the critically acclaimed author of five books, the best known of which are the memoirs The House on Teacher's Lane: A Memoir of Home, Healing, and Love's Hardest Questions, and Riding The Bus With My Sister. She has also published an inspirational book for writers, The Writer's Survival Guide; a novel, The Magic Touch; and a collection of short stories, Little Nightmares, Little Dreams. Her work has been adapted for stage, radio, and television.

Rachel was born in 1959 in Newark, NJ, and spent most of her first sixteen years in northern New Jersey. She then became a student at Solebury School, a boarding school in New Hope, PA, from which she graduated in 1977. In 1981 she received a degree in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College. Rachel then lived in the Philadelphia, PA region, where she was employed as a paralegal, administrative assistant, and supervisor for research on television violence. After she began publishing books, Rachel worked as a Community Relations Manager for Barnes & Noble bookstores and taught creative writing at such places as Temple University, Penn State Abington, and Bryn Mawr College. She married the architect Hal Dean in 2001, and has been writing full-time since 2007.

Riding The Bus With My Sister, which was a national bestseller, was adapted for a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. Originally airing on CBS in 2005 and frequently rebroadcast on the Hallmark Channel, the film stars Rosie O' Donnell as Beth and Andie McDowell as Rachel, and was directed by Anjelica Huston. The success of the book and film led to Rachel becoming a widely sought-after speaker around the country.

The House on Teacher's Lane follows two parallel journeys: one through the renovation Rachel and her husband Hal did on their row house, the other through the repairs Rachel made with key relationships, including her husband, mother, siblings, friends, and even self. Upon its release in June 2009, the book was hailed by More magazine as being one of the top ten books they were buzzing about. It quickly became a beloved favorite among book clubs, groups of people on spiritual paths, home renovators, and readers seeking to live, and love, more fully.

Rachel Simon currently lives in Wilmington, Delaware, in the house she and her husband Hal renovated. She continues to do public speaking and is hard at work on her next book.