Ilsa J. Bick

Ilsa J. Bick is an award-winning science fiction author primarily known for her "Star Trek" novels and short stories, which began with publication in the "" anthology series. Her first "Star Trek" novel, "Well of Souls", became a 2003 Barnes & Noble bestseller.

Her story, "The Quality of Wetness," took Second Prize in the prestigious "Writers of the Future" contest in 2000.

In addition to her "Star Trek" books, she has written several stories, novellas and novels for the "BattleTech" and "" franchises. She has also published a number of short stories in various magazines, anthologies and other online venues. "The Key," a supernatural murder-mystery about the Holocaust and reincarnation, was named "distinguished" in The Best American Mystery Stories, 2005 (edited by Joyce Carol Oates), and a novella-length sequel is forthcoming.

Before she became a successful author, Bick was a child/adolescent and forensic psychiatrist. She also holds a degree in literature and film studies, and has presented and written widely on applied psychoanalysis and film. She currently lives in Wisconsin.

Bibliography

"Star Trek"

* Strange New Worlds II (May 1999)
** "A Ribbon for Rosie" (Grand Prize winner)
* Strange New Worlds IV (May 2001)
** "Shadows, in the Dark" (Second Prize winner)
* ": No Limits" (October 2003)
** "Alice, on the Edge of Night"
* "" #6: "Well of Souls" (November 2003)
* "Starfleet Corps of Engineers"
** #51: "Lost Time" (April 2005)
** #55: "Wounds, Book 1" (August 2005)
** #56: "Wounds, Book 2" (October 2005)
** : "Ghost" (June 2007)
** Wounds (forthcoming)
* ": Distant Shores" (November 2005)
** "Bottomless"

"BattleTech" stories and novellas on Battlecorps.com

* "Damage Control" (August 2004)
* "Surkai" (September 2004)
* "Memories of Fire and Ice at the Edge of the World" (October 2004)
* "Break-Away" (November 2004)
* "The Gauntlet, Book I" (weekly installments, March 1-April 5, 2006)
* "The Gauntlet, Book II" (weekly installments, May 9-June 6, 2006)

"MechWarrior: Dark Age"

* #16: "Daughter of the Dragon" (June 2005)
* #19: "Blood Avatar" (December 2005)
* #24: "Dragon Rising" (February 2007)

External links

* [http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bick/bick_bio.html Sci-Fi Channel's biography of Ilsa J. Bick]
*"The Key" [http://scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bick3/bick31.html]
*"In the Blood" [http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bick]
*"The Woman in the Cherry-Red Convertible by the Platinum Sea" [http://scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/bick2/bick21.html]
*Battlecorps.com [http://battlecorps.com/BC2/index.html]
*Writers of the Future [http://www.writersofthefuture.com/awards.htm#2000]