Erica Ferencik

Erica Ferencik is a Massachusetts-based novelist, screenwriter and stand-up comic.

Erica Ferencik
Born (1958-10-21) October 21, 1958
Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts (BA)
Boston University (MA)
Notable worksRepeaters
Website
ericaferencik.com

Early life

Ferencik was born in Urbana, Illinois and later obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting and French from University of Massachusetts and after a Master of Arts in creative writing from Boston University.

Ferencik did stand-up comedy for ten years at various comedy clubs in Boston and New York and was also a material writer for David Letterman during the early years of his national late-night show.[1]

Writing career

In 2022, Ferencik released the novel "Girl in Ice", a psychological suspense thriller about a linguist who travels to an island off the northwest coast of Greenland in the attempt to communicate with a young girl found frozen in the ice.[2]

Works

  • Ghost wrote "The Mutation", one in a series by Katherine Applegate
  • Novella "The Inheritance" a finalist in the 2005 Malahat Review Novella Competition
  • Wrote and made the prizewinning short film "New Stepmom"
  • Frequent writer/performer for National Public Radio's "Morning Edition"

Bibliography

Novels

  • "Girl in Ice", Gallery/Scout Press - 2022
  • "Into the Jungle", Gallery/Scout Press - 2019[3]
  • "The River at Night" - 2017
  • "Repeaters", Waking Dream Press - 2011[4]
  • Cracks in the Foundation, Waking Dream Press - 2008[5]

Screenplays

  • Thriller screenplay, "Mob Dot Com", co-written with Rick D'Elia, optioned by Goodman Productions

Nonfiction

  • Radio My Way, Pearson Education - 2011

Awards

  • Repeaters was awarded a starred Kirkus Review and named to Kirkus Reviews Best of 2012[6]

References

  1. Eden, Deirdra (30 September 2011). "Interview with Author Erica Ferencik". Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  2. Nolan, Tom (2022-03-11). "Mysteries: Erica Ferencik's 'Girl in Ice' Review". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  3. "Into the Jungle". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  4. Ferencik, Erica (September 17, 2011). Repeaters. Waking Dream Press. ISBN 978-0981574110.
  5. Ferencik, Erica (August 15, 2008). Cracks in the Foundation. Waking Dream Press. ISBN 978-0981574103.
  6. "Repeaters". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media. 15 August 2012. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
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