Erica Ferencik (born October 21, 1958) is a
-based
novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
,
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
and
stand-up comic.
Early life
Ferencik was born in
Urbana, Illinois
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and later obtained a
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
degree in painting and French from
University of Massachusetts and after a
Master of Arts
A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...
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
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during the early years of his national late-night show.
Writing career
In 2022, Ferencik released the novel "Girl in Ice", a psychological suspense thriller about a
linguist
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who travels to an island off the northwest coast of
Greenland
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in the attempt to communicate with a young girl found frozen in the ice.
Works
*
Ghostwrote "
The Mutation", a novel in the ''
Animorphs'' series by
K. A. Applegate
Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the ''Animorphs'', '' Remnants'', ''Everworld ...
* 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
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's "
Morning Edition
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"
Bibliography
Novels
* "Girl in Ice", Gallery/Scout Press - 2022
* "Into the Jungle", Gallery/Scout Press - 2019
* "The River at Night" - 2017
* "Repeaters", Waking Dream Press - 2011
* ''Cracks in the Foundation'', Waking Dream Press - 2008
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
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferencik, Erica
Living people
American women novelists
American thriller writers
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Novelists from Massachusetts
21st-century American novelists
American stand-up comedians
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
21st-century American women writers
American women thriller writers
1958 births
21st-century American comedians
21st-century American screenwriters
American women comedians
Comedians from Illinois
Writers from Urbana, Illinois
Comedians from Massachusetts