About Raquel Zepeda Fitzgerald

“Close your eyes and imagine: Your heart is pounding, you’ve left reality. Quick! Run, jump or scream; it’s only a dream. You are reading a thriller.  Welcome to my world.  I am a novelist. My goal is to make you forget your troubles through Thriller Therapy.”

Raquel Zepeda Fitzgerald, recent recipient of the Literary Titan Silver Book Award, is an accomplished author, artist and entrepreneur.  “My passion is entertaining people,” is her mantra.  According to her readers, her books are riveting, page turners, unique, engrossing, fun, fast paced, entertaining, and brilliant.  Pick up one of her fast paced thrillers today and read for yourself.

How I Cooked Up My First Novel

Once upon a time in the San Francisco Financial District, I found myself working for a tyrannical attorney.  He was bad natured and no one in the office liked him.  So when he went to Los Angeles for a deposition that took several days, I ran out of work.  When you type 100 words per minute, it can happen.

Suddenly, my creative side took over and I started writing a story.  Yes, it was a tale about a hateful, tyrannical attorney who met his demise after committing several crimes.  When the staff discovered my secret, they were fighting over the next page that came out of my super duper electric memory Xerox typewriter!

Now, I cannot even remember that attorney’s name.  Once you kill a bully on paper, they seem to disappear right before your very eyes!

That’s how The Eye of Osiris (a recent winner of the Silver Aware) and the Osiris Trilogy Mystery Series were born.  When I really plunged into writing the story, it became more complex.  Main character, Moriah Maizon is a third generation Mexican American who has lost touch with her roots.  When she meets the handsome Luis Mendoza, that changes.

A Touch of Title Trivia about The Eye of Osiris

This title was registered in the U.S. Copyright Office by Raquel Zepeda Fitzgerald in 1987, Registration #TXu 0003 04357

“When I started writing this story, I didn’t want to use the Eye of Horus, because that is the name of the Egyptian Eye symbol.  Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis in their mythology.  I wanted my story to be unique.  So I made up the Eye of Osiris, making it just a bit different.  Little did I know that everyone and their grandmother would soon be using that title.  But back in 1987, I did not find any other registration with that title.

While working a voice over job in San Francisco, I met a writer who was fascinated with my story.  Later, after moving to Los Angeles working for one of the major television studios, he expressed more interest.  He said that he was going to make his version of the story as a screenplay. I told him I would sue him because I had a copyright.   It was a few years later when the MacGyver tv series released their episode of “The Eye of Osiris.”  It did not even resemble my story.

Then I learned that Austin Freeman, an English author wrote a book in 1911, published in the U.S. as The Vanishing Man; was titled in the UK as The Eye of Osiris.

Well, so much for the unique title.  However, my story is very unique and contemporary.  What I really wish is that when I was growing up, the world had acknowledged all the unique contributions from the Aztecs, Mayans, and  MesoAmerican cultures.  It would have opened up a new and mysterious road of discovery for me and many others of Latin American descent.”