Jennifer Brozek (born December 9, 1970) is an American freelance author, game design writer, editor, and small press publisher.

Career

Before becoming a full-time writer, Brozek was a software QA engineer working on a wide range of projects, including video games. Brozek co-chaired one of the first '' Babylon 5'' science fiction conventions (StarQuest '95). She was the basis for a main character in the

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''. Brozek began her professional writing career in 2004. She was the editor-in-chief of the semiprozine, ''The Edge of Propinquity'', a webzine that published for six years, and worked as an assistant editor, sounding board, and convention volunteer for the Apex Book Company. Brozek is now the creative director of Apocalypse Ink Productions and a member of International Association of Media Tie-in Writers (IAMTW), the Horror Writers Association, and the

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(SFWA). She served as SFWA Director-at-Large from 2015 to 2017. Brozek's work in fiction and editing has won and been nominated for several awards, such as the Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Award, Scribe Award,

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Books

Fiction

2020 *''BattleTech: Ghost Hour, Rogue Academy #2'', June 2020 *''Shadowrun: A Kiss to Die For'', June 2020 2019 *''Makeda Red'', Shadowrun novel - Catalyst Game Labs, July 2019 *''BattleTech: Iron Dawn, Rogue Academy #1'' - Catalyst Game Labs, April 2019 *''A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods'' (editor) - Pulse Publishing, April 2019 2018 *''To Fight the Black Wind'', Arkham Horror novella -

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, April 2018 *''A is for Apex, ABC Book for Your Little Mad Scientist'' - Apocalypse Ink Productions, August 2018 *''The Prince of Artemis V, All-ges science-fantasy comic book'' - Apocalypse Ink Productions, February 2018 2017 *''Five Minute Stories'', flash fiction collection - Apocalypse Ink Productions, September 2017 2016 *''The Last Days of Salton Academy'', novel - Ragnarok Productions, October 2016 *''Colonial Gothic: Lost Tales'' collection - Rogue Games, April 2016 *''Karen Wilson Chronicles'', omnibus of the Karen Wilson Chronicles Series - Apocalypse Ink Productions, March 2016 *''Never Let Me'', omnibus of the Melissa Allen series - Permuted Press, January 2016 2015 *''Never Let Me Die'', Book 3 of the Melissa Allen series - Permuted Press, December 2015 *''Never Let Me Leave'', Book 2 of the Melissa Allen series - Permuted Press, November 2015 * ''Chimera Incarnate: Book Four of the Karen Wilson Chronicles'', novel - Apocalypse Ink Productions, March 2015 * ''DocWagon 19'', Shadowrun novella - Catalyst Game Labs, March 2015 * ''Never Let Me Sleep'', Book 1 of the Melissa Allen series, young adult SF-thriller novel - Permuted Press, TBA 2015 * ''The Last Days of Salton Academy'' - Ragnarok Publications, TBA 2014 * ''The Nellus Academy Incident'', YA BattleTech novel - Catalyst Game Labs, January 2014 * ''Keystones: Book Three of the Karen Wilson Chronicles'', novel - Apocalypse Ink Productions, April 2014 2013 * ''Children of Anu: Book Two of the Karen Wilson Chronicles'',

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- Apocalypse Ink Productions, June 2013 2012 * ''The Lady of Seeking in the City of Waiting'', Shadeside novella - Dark Quest Books, February 2012 * ''Caller Unknown: Book One of the Karen Wilson Chronicles '', mosaic novel - Apocalypse Ink Productions, November 2012 2011 * ''Shanghai Vampocalypse'' hard copy -

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, Author, August 2011 2010 * ''In a Gilded Light: 105 Tales of the Macabre'', Dark Quest Books, 2010

Nonfiction

*''The Little Finance Book That Could'', Book Shaker, 2010 *''Industry Talk: An Insider's Look at Writing RPGs and Editing Anthologies'', Apocalypse Ink Productions, 2012

Awards and nominations

Australian Shadows Award *

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, Winner, Best Edited Publication for ''Grants Pass'', Co-editor with Amanda Pillar - Bram Stoker Award *2015, Finalist, Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, ''Never Let Me Sleep'', Author *2016, Finalist, Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel, ''The Last Days of Salton Academy'', Author *2019, Finalist, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, ''A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods'', Editor British Fantasy Award *2019, Finalist, Superior Achievement in an Anthology, ''A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods'', Editor ENnie Award *2015, Finalist, Best Related Product, ''Chicks Dig Gaming: A Celebration of All Things Gaming by the Women Who Love It'', Co-Editor with

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Hugo Award *2015, Finalist, Best Editor, Short Form. Jim Baen Memorial Award *2016 - 1st Runner-Up (2nd place), "To Lose the Stars" Raven Award for Horror/Thriller novel *2019 Finalist for Raven Award for Horror/Thriller novel. Rainforest Writers Retreat *2019 Rainforest Writers Inspirational Award - Winner

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*2013, Finalist, Best Short Story Tie-In, “Locks and Keys,” Author *2015, Finalist, Best Short Story Tie-In, “Written in the Wind,” Author *2015, Winner, Best Young Adult Tie-in Novel, ''BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident'', Author *2019, Finalist, Best Young Adult Tie-in Novel, ''BattleTech: Iron Dawn'', Author *2020, ''BattleTech: Iron Dawn'' - Nominated for Scribe Award for the Best YA/MG Tie-in Novel.

References

External links

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''The Edge of Propinquity''
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Jennifer Brozek Interview
at Prachesta Magazine * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brozek, Jennifer 1970 births 21st-century American novelists American fantasy writers American horror writers American science fiction writers American women short story writers American women novelists Living people Novelists from Washington (state) Women science fiction and fantasy writers Women horror writers 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American short story writers Role-playing game writers Electronic literature writers