Tessa Rain is a New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter best known for her collaboration with Fly My Pretties.

She wrote the songs Carrier Pigeon and Smoke Me from The Return of Fly My Pretties, and Mauri from A Story.

The song Funny Shadow from this album was written by Rain and was later featured in the Miramax film Eagle vs Shark.

[3] In 2007, Rain returned to Radio New Zealand National for another live broadcast performance with Jess Chambers.

[4] Rain has also made appearances as a harmony singer and has contributed to several popular recordings, including Jess Chambers and the Firefly Orchestra, Age Pryor's Shanks' Pony and City Chorus, and Ryan Prebble's Fruits.