Ilsa J. Bick

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Ilsa J. Bick
OccupationShort story person, novelist
NationalityAmerican
Period1999–present
SubjectSci-fi, paranormal mystery, dystopian thriller
Website
www.ilsajbick.com

Ilsa J. Bick is an American author of short stories, e-books and novels. She has written for several long-running science fiction series, most notably Star Trek , Battletech , and Mechwarrior: Dark Age . She's taken both Grand [1] and Second Prize [2] in the Strange New Worlds anthology series (1999 and 2001, respectively), while her story, "The Quality of Wetness," took Second Prize in the prestigious Writers of the Future contest in 2000. Her first Star Trek novel, Well of Souls, [3] was a 2003 Barnes & Noble bestseller. [4]

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Biography

Before she became an author, Bick was a child/adolescent and forensic psychiatrist. [5] She also holds a degree in literature and film studies, and has presented and written widely on applied psychoanalysis and film.

Her original stories have been featured in numerous anthologies, magazines, and online venues. "The Key," a supernatural murder-mystery about the Holocaust and reincarnation, was named "distinguished" in The Best American Mystery Stories, 2005 (edited by Joyce Carol Oates), and a sequel, "Second Sight," appeared in Crimespells (2003) and was named to the 2010 Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy recommended reads.

Bick's first YA novel, Draw the Dark (Carolrhoda Lab, 2010), is a paranormal mystery that was awarded the 2011 Westchester Fiction Award. Ashes, the first volume in her dystopian thriller trilogy, was released from Egmont USA in September 2011.

She currently lives in Alabama.

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YA novels

Ashes Trilogy

  • Ashes (2011) [7]
  • Shadows (2012)
  • Monsters (2013)

Star Trek

BattleTech stories and novellas on Battlecorps.com

MechWarrior: Dark Age

References

  1. ↑ R, Dag (October 16, 2013). "Ilsa J. Bick Interview – SFFWorld" . Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ "TrekToday - 'Strange New Worlds IV' Winners Announced" . Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  3. ↑ Bick, Ilsa J. (2003). Well of souls. Star trek. The lost era. Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress). New York, NY: Pocket Books. ISBN   978-0-7434-6375-1. OCLC   53342706.
  4. ↑ "Ilsa J. Bick". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ilsa J. Bick - Authors, Illustrators & - Lerner Publishing Group". lernerbooks.com. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  6. ↑ Bick, Ilsa J. (2013). Monsters. Hachette Children's Group. ISBN   978-0-85738-266-5.
  7. ↑ Bick, Ilsa J. (August 1, 2011). Ashes. Carolrhoda Lab ®. ISBN   978-1-60684-231-7.
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