Rachel Rose (born September 20, 1970) is a Canadian/American poet, essayist and short story writer.

She has published three collections of poetry, Giving My Body to Science, Notes on Arrival and Departure, and Song and Spectacle.

Her poems, essays and short stories have been published in literary magazines and anthologies in Canada and the United States.

[1] Rose's short story collection The Octopus has Three Hearts was nominated for the 2021 Giller Prize.

She has worked as a medical secretary, ESL teacher, and as the poetry mentor in the Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University.