Jennifer Brozek
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Born | Jennifer Lynn Brozek December 9, 1970 Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
Occupation | Freelance writer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2004–present |
Genre | Fantasy, role-playing game, horror, science fiction |
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Jennifer Brozek (born December 9, 1970) is an American freelance author, game design writer, editor, and small press publisher.[1]
Career
Before becoming a full-time writer, Brozek was a software QA engineer working on a wide range of projects, including video games.[2][3] Brozek co-chaired one of the first Babylon 5 science fiction conventions (StarQuest '95), was the basis for a main character in the webcomic Casey and Andy by Andy Weir, named Jenn Brozek, who is listed as a 200-point GURPS character in the role-playing game GURPS Casey and Andy.[4][5]
Brozek began her professional writing career in 2004. She was the editor-in-chief of the semiprozine, The Edge of Propinquity,[6] a webzine that published for six years, and worked as an assistant editor, sounding board and convention volunteer for the Apex Book Company.[7] 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 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). She served as SFWA Director-at-Large from 2015 to 2017.[8]
Jennifer's work in fiction and editing has won and been nominated for several awards such as the Bram Stoker Award, Scribe Award, ENnie, Origin Awards, and Hugo.
Books
Fiction
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 - Fantasy Flight Games, April 2018
- A is for Apex, ABC book for your little mad scientist - Apocalypse Ink Productions, August 2018
- The Prince of Artemis V, All-ages 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 One 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, mosaic novel - 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 - Savage Mojo, Author, August 2011
2010
- In a Gilded Light: 105 Tales of the Macabre, Dark Quest Books, 2010[9]
Nonfiction
- The Little Finance Book That Could, Book Shaker, 2010 ISBN 1-907498-33-8
- Industry Talk: An Insider's Look at Writing RPGs and Editing Anthologies, Apocalypse Ink Productions, 2012 ISBN 0985532319
Awards and Nominations
2017
- The Last Days of Salton Academy - finalist for the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel.[10]
2016
- Never Let Me Sleep - finalist for the 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel.[11]
- "To Lose the Stars" - 1st runner up (2nd place) in the 2016 Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award Contest.[12]
2015
- The Nellus Academy Incident - Winner of the Scribe Award for Best YA Tie-in Novel.[13]
- "Written in the Wind" - Nominated for Scribe Award for the Best Tie-in Short Story.[14]
- Nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form.[15]
2009
- Grants Pass, anthology - Morrigan Books, Concept and co-editor, August, 2009 Australia Shadows Award for best editing winner with Amanda Pillar, 2009[16]
References
- ^ "Masters of Horror Anthology – author interview Jennifer Brozek | The ShadowCast Blog". Shadowcastblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Jennifer Brozek Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Casey and Andy". Galactanet.com. 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Warehouse 23 - GURPS Casey & Andy". E23.sjgames.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ [1] Archived October 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Interview – Jennifer Brozek". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ "Jennifer Brozek Archives". SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ "Jennifer Brozek Collection Signed with Dark Quest Books". Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20180226105037/http://horror.org/2016-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170823165742/http://horror.org/2015-bram-stoker-award-winners/
- ^ https://www.baen.com/contest-jbmssa
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
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External links
- Official website
- The Edge of Propinquity
- Jennifer Brozek at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Jennifer Brozek at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalog records
- "Jennifer Brozek :: Pen & Paper RPG Database". Archived from the original on April 27, 2005. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- 1970 births
- 21st-century American novelists
- American fantasy writers
- American horror writers
- American science fiction writers
- American women short story writers
- American women novelists
- Dungeons & Dragons game designers
- Living people
- Role-playing game designers
- Novelists from Washington (state)
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Women horror writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 21st-century American short story writers