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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 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.
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 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (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, ENnie, Origins Award, and Hugo.
Personal life
Brozek has stated that she has Asperger syndrome and dyslexia, and has also experienced a stutter and bouts of anxiety.
Books
= Fiction
=2024
Shadowrun: Auditions (A Mosaic Run Collection), February 2024
2023
Shadowrun: The Kilimanjaro Run, A YA Novella, Catalyst Game Labs, September 2023
Tears of Perseus omnibus, Shadow Alley Press, May 2023
Never Let Me, YA SF-Thriller trilogy omnibus, re-release, April 2023
2022
Shadowrun: Unrepairable, A YA Novella Catalyst Game Labs, December 2022
Truumeel's Light Part 1 of Tear of Perseus, Shadow Alley Press, November 2022
Shadowrun: Elfin Black, A Novel, Catalyst Game Labs, March 2022
The Last Days of Salton Academy A YA Zombie Novel, re-release, March 2022
2021
Battletech: Crimson Night, Rogue Academy #3, A YA Novel, Catalyst Game Labs, July 2021
Shadowrun: See How She Runs, A YA Novella, Catalyst Game Labs, April 2021
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 - 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-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, 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
= 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
References
External links
Official website
The Edge of Propinquity
Jennifer Brozek at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Jennifer Brozek Interview at Prachesta Magazine
Jennifer Brozek at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalog records