Craig Rainey (1962 - ) is an American film actor and author. He was born in San Angelo, Texas and now lives in Austin. He cowboyed professionally in south Texas. He was an NCO with the Texas Army National Guard. One of his first published works was the award-winning screenplay, Massacre at Aqua Caliente, soon to be a major motion picture. He wrote the full-length novel by the same name based upon the script. He wrote Stolen Valor, A Carson Brand Novel. Dark Motive is the second novel in the Carson Brand series.