Rachel Hochhauser is a writer and co-founder of Major Studio, a boutique creative agency. In 2019, she also co-founded Piecework, a globally-beloved, cult favorite jigsaw puzzle company. She attended New York University and earned a master’s in professional writing from the University of Southern California. Originally raised in Santa Barbara, she currently lives in Portland, OR with her husband and two young daughters.

Her debut novel, Lady Tremaine, is forthcoming from St. Martin’s Press (U.S.), Orion (United Kingdom) and Fleuve-Editions (France) in 2026.