Rebecca Grace, also known as Rebecca or Becky Martinez,  is an award-winning former broadcast journalist who writes mystery, romance and romantic suspense fiction and non-fiction books on writing.

Her latest work is Shadows from the Past, a gothic suspense novella set on an island in the Pacific Northwest. It will soon be available from The Wild Rose Press.

Her last novel, Deadly Messages, was a romantic suspense, also published by The Wild Rose Press. It received 4 stars from Romantic Times Book Club, whose reviewer called it a "must read." It was also a "top pick" at Night Owl Reviews where it was awarded 4 1/2 stars.

Her first novel, Love On Deck, was a finalist for the 2005 Aspen Gold Award, given by the Heart of Denver Romance Writers. It received 4 Stars from Romantic Times Magazine. Her romance novel Home Fires Burning received 5 Coffee Cups from Coffee Time Romance and 4 stars from Ecataromance.

Two of her short stories have appeared in anthologies written by a group of 40+-year old writers known as the Grande Dames. One of the Anthologies, The Trouble with Romance was a 2007 New Mexico Book Award finalist in the anthology category.

Her short story, "The Problem," was released in July 2008 from The Wild Rose Press and received an excellent review from "The Long and the Short of It" reviews.

Her first non-fiction book, 10 Steps to Creating Memorable Characters, written with Sue Viders, Cher Gorman and Lucynda Storey was published in Watson-Guptill Publishing (now owned by Random House) and is now available in ebook, Kindle and Nook formats.  

Rebecca currently lives in Littleton, Colorado where she is working on new romantic suspense and mystery novels and teaching writing classes.