Rachel was born in Boise, Idaho, USA. Her father worked for a telephone company,and her mother was a house wife. Idaho has the largest population of Basquesoutside of the Basque lands of Spain. She grew up with kids with last nameslike Uberuaga, Berriochoa, and Egisquiza, but years later she discovered therest of the country didn't really know much about the Basque culture orhistory.

Rachel's storytelling career began at the age of sixteen when she ran herChevy Vega into the side of a hill, retrieved the bumper and broken glassfrom the ground, and drove to her High School parking lot. With the help ofher friend, she strategically scattered the broken pieces and told herparents she'd been the victim of a hit and run. They believed her, and she'sbeen telling stories ever since.Afther the High School, she married with Mr. Gibson. At 25, she already hadthree children. One day, her TV broke, and she read her first romance, TheSpanish Rose by Shirlee Busbee, she loved it, and six years later shepublished her first novel.With the publication in 1998 of New York Times and USA Today bestsellingauthor Rachel Gibson's first book, Simply Irresistible, readers discoveredone of contemporary romance's freshest voices. Her debut novel was named oneof the ten favorite books by the membership of the Romance Writers ofAmerica, and other of her three novels were named among the Top Ten FavoriteBooks of the Year by Romance Writers of America. Her fourth novel, TrueConfessions, was awarded the RITA, Romance Writers of America's highesthonor of excellence. Some of Rachel's other awards and achievements includeThe Golden Heart Award, the National Reader's Choice, Amazon Editor's TopPick, Publisher Weekly's Quill nominee and Borders bestselling romanticcomedy for 2006.Rachel continues living in her native Boise, and when not writing, Rachelcan be found boating on Payette Lake with Mr. Gibson, shopping for shoes, orforcing her love on an ungrateful cat.