Erica Ferencik

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

Erica Ferencik
Born	(1958-10-21) October 21, 1958 (age 66) Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Education	University of Massachusetts (BA) Boston University (MA)
Notable works	Repeaters
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

• 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]