Erica Ferencik Explained

Erica Ferencik
Birth Date:	21 October 1958
Birth Place:	Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Education:	University of Massachusetts (BA) Boston University (MA)
Notableworks:	Repeaters

Erica Ferencik (born October 21, 1958) is a Massachusetts-based novelist, screenwriter and stand-up comic.

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

• Ghostwrote "The Mutation", a novel in the Animorphs series by K. A. 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Interview with Author Erica Ferencik . 2013-02-23 . Eden . Deirdra . 30 September 2011.
2. News: Nolan . Tom . Mysteries: Erica Ferencik's 'Girl in Ice' Review . . Dow Jones & Company, Inc . 2022-03-11 . 2022-07-26 .
3. Web site: Into the Jungle . . 2022-07-26 .
4. Book: Ferencik . Erica . Repeaters . Waking Dream Press . September 17, 2011 . 978-0981574110.
5. Book: Ferencik . Erica . Cracks in the Foundation . registration . Waking Dream Press . August 15, 2008 . 978-0981574103.
6. News: Repeaters . 15 August 2012 . Kirkus Media . Kirkus Reviews . 2013-02-23.