Rachel R. Baum is a Best of the Net nominated poet, writer, editor, dog behaviorist, librarian and owner of Til Tuesday Tissue Boxes. She chaired the Committee that selected the first Poet Laureate of Saratoga Springs. She is the founder of the Moving Mountains Poets Group and the Saratoga Peace Pod.  Rachel serves on the Editorial Board of The Third Age Press, publisher of The Apple Tree.

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Rachel is the editor of Funeral and Memorial Service Readings, Poems and Tributes (McFarland, 1999), named Best Non-Fiction by Today's Librarian. She has two poetry chapbooks: Richard Brautigan's Concussion (Bottlecap Press, 2023) and How to Rob a Convenience Store (Cowboy Jamboree Press, 2024). 

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As a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, she was the At Home Dog Trainer, LLC for 15 years. She blogged regularly for the (Albany, NY) Times Union as BARK! Confessions of a Dog Trainer, continuing on this site. Prior to starting her business, she was Assistant Dean of the College of Computing and Information at the University at Albany. She served as President of the New York Library Association in 2007.

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Rachel has a Masters degree from the University of Michigan, a Bachelors degree from the University of Houston, and a Certificate of Publishing from Rice University.

She is a APA-ranked pool player, licensed private pilot, kayak angler, Adirondack hiker, volunteer, crafter and knitter/crocheter. She lives in Saratoga Springs, New York with her dog Tennyson.