Caren Gussoff was born in New York, New York and attended the University of Colorado at Boulder, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Clarion West. At Clarion West in 2008, she was awarded The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship by the Carl Brandon Society.

Upon publication of her first novel, Homecoming (Serpent's Tail, 2000), Gussoff was nominated as a Village Voice "Writer on the Verge." Her second book, The Wave And Other Stories contained a novella influenced by Virginia Woolf's The Waves.

Gussoff's other fiction and essays have been anthologized by Serpent's Tail, Seal Press, and Bloomsbury USA.

Gussoff is lesser-known for being a Neo-Burlesque performer. From 2000 - 2005, she combined science fiction and comedy performing with the stage name, "Betty Rage."

Novels

• Homecoming (2000)

Short Story/Novella Collections

• The Wave And Other Stories (2003)

Anthologies

• Strictly Casual (2003)
• Stories on Sex and Love (2003)
• The Practical Guide from New York's Acclaimed Creative Writing School (from the Gotham Writers Workshop, 2003)
• Funny Stories from the Wedding Day (2006)
• Mostly True Stories and Fictions (2008)