Jennifer Brozek

Jennifer Brozek
Brozek at Crypticon, May 2015
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
Website
www.jenniferbrozek.com

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 a sidekick character in the web comic, Casey and Andy, by Andy Weir^[4] and is listed as a 200-point GURPS character.^[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 Broad Universe, the Horror Writers Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). She was elected SFWA Director-at-Large in 2015.^[8]

Role playing games

• Castlemourn - Players Guide to Castlemourn (co-author) (ISBN 1931567204), Castlemourn corebook
• Colonial Gothic - Elizabethtown (author), Plymouth Rock (author), The Ross-Allen Letters (co-author), Colonial Gothic 2nd Edition
• Chill, 3rd Edition- OtherWorld Creations, Co-Author with Mike Callahan
• Cortex - Cortex rulebook
• Dragonlance - Legends of the Twins, Holy Order of Stars
• Savage Worlds - Shanghai Vampocalypse (author), Covert Ops (author)
• Serenity (role-playing game) - Big Damn Heroes Handbook ISBN 1-931567-82-4
• Shadowrun - Shadowrun 4th Ed, 20th Anniversary Edition corebook, Seattle 2072
• White Wolf SAS - Proverbial Monsters (author)
• Machine Zeit - Machine Age Productions, Contributor, Editor

Anthologies edited

2014

• Bless Your Mechanical Heart anthology - Evil Girlfriend Media, Editor, April 2014
• Beast Within 4: Gears & Growls anthology - Graveside Tales, Editor, October 2014
• Chicks Dig Gaming non-fiction anthology - Mad Norwegian Press, Co-Editor (with Robert Smith? and Lars Pearson), November 2014
• Shattered Shields anthology - Baen Books, Co-Editor (with Bryan Thomas Schmidt), November 2014

2013

• Coins of Chaos', EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy, Sept 2013

2012

• Beast Within 3: Oceans Unleashed, Graveside Tales, Dec 2012
• Dangers Untold anthology - Alliteration Ink Press, Editor, 1 October 2012

2011

• Human for a Day, DAW, Dec 2011
• Beauty Has Her Way, Dark Quest Books, Jan 2011
• Human Tales, Dark Quest Books, Apr 2011
• Beast Within 2, Graveside Tales, Jun 2011
• Space Tramps, Flying Pen Press, Sep 2011

2010

• Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, Apex Book Company, 2010^[9]

2009

• Grants Pass, Morrigan Books, 2009 ISBN 91-977605-6-0 ^[10]

Books

Fiction

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^[11]

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

Short Fiction

2015

• "The Broken Silence of Fanghou" - Not Our Kind anthology - Alliteration Ink, February 2015
• "Found on the Body of a Soldier" - Life After Ashes anthology - Alliteration Ink, March 2015 (Reprint.)

2014

• "The Bathory Clinic Deal" - The Future Embodied anthology - Simian Publishing, March 2014
• "Ley of the Land" - Time-Traveled Tales 2 anthology - Silence in the Library, April 2014
• "Kelpie Storm" - MONSTERS! Origins Game Fair anthology - Rio Grande Games, June 2014
• "Janera" - Athena's Daughters anthology - Silence in the Library, June 2014
• "Dreams of a Thousand Young" novelette - Jazz Age Cthulhu anthology - Innsmouth Free Press, November 2014
• "For the Love of a Troll on a Mid-Winter's Night" - Night Terrors III anthology - Blood Bound Books, December 2014
• "Written in the Wind" - No True Way: All-New Tales of Valdemar anthology - DAW, December 2014

2013

• "Iron Achilles Heel" - The New Hero II anthology - Stone Skin Press, February 2013
• "Memories Like Crystal Shards" - HEROES! Origins Game Fair anthology - Rio Grande Games, June 2013
• "An Infestation of Adverts" - Blue Shift Magazine, Issue #1 - White Cat Publications, June 2013
• "Dust Angels" - Beyond the Sun anthology - Fairwood Press, July 2013
• "Lock and Key" - Shadowrun Returns kickstarter anthology - Catalyst Game Labs, July 2013
• "The Danger of Side Jobs" - Shadowrun 5th Edition - Catalyst Game Labs, September 2013
• "A Card Given" - What Fates Impose anthology - Alliteration Ink, September 2013
• "The Price of Family" - Elementary (All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters) anthology - DAW, December 2013
• "A Nightmare for Anna" - By Faerie Light anthology - Zombie Sky Press, December 2013

2012

• "Showdown at High Moon" - Westward Weird anthology - DAW, February 2012
• "Sharks & Seals" - Fat Girl in a Strange Land anthology - Crossed Genres Publications, February 2012
• "That Bastard Called Hope" - Slices of Flesh anthology - Dark Moon Digest, March 2012
• "The Tinker's Music Box" - Time-traveled Tales anthology - Origins Game Fair, May 2012

2011

• "Honoring the Dead" - Night-Mantled: The Best of Wily Writers, Volume 1 anthology - Wily Writers, Feb 2011 (Reprint)
• "M.O.V.E." - No Man's Land anthology - Dark Quest Books, May 2011
• "A Promise Made" - Showdown at Midnight anthology - Science Fiction Trails, June 2011
• "Asta's Choice" - Carnage & Consequences anthology - Walkabout Publishing, August 2011
• "The Komastu" - APEXOLOGY:SFF anthology - Apex Publications, August 2011 (Reprint)
• "Scarabs From Afar" - Science Fiction Trails magazine, Issue #7 - October 2011
• "The Priest, the Man, the Gun" - Tales of the Talisman magazine, Volume 7, Issue 2 - Hadrosaur Productions, October 2011
• "Trail of Breadcrumbs" - Finding Home anthology - Timid Pirate - December 2011
• "Discordance" - Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar anthology - DAW, December 2011

2010

• "The Prince of Artemis V" - Crossed Genres Issue 15 - Crossed Genres, January 2010
• "The Cost of Job Security" - Masters of Horror anthology - Triskaideka Books, March 2010
• "Snipe Hunting" - Apex Digest April 2010 - Apex Publications, April 2010
• "The Prince of Artemis V" - Stalking the Wild Hare anthology - Walkabout Publishing, August 2010 (reprint)
• "Eulogy for Muffin" - APEXOLOGY:Horror anthology - Apex Publications, August 2010
• "Family Duty" - Issue 20 - M-Brane SF, September 2010 (print publication to occur in M-Brane SF Quarterly #1, October 2010)
• "A Bite to Remember" - The Zombie Feed - Apex Publications, September 2010 (Reprint)
• "Swallow It All" - Rigor Amortis anthology - Absolute XPress, October 2010
• "Seven Little Words" - The Little Death of Crossed Genres Issue 1 - Crossed Genres, October 2010

2009

• "Three Flashes of Fang & Fur", The Fleas They Carried: Winter 2009 anthology - Relief Anthology, Contributor, May 2009
• "Honoring the Dead" - Wily Writers, Author, May 2009
• "A Bite to Remember", The World is Dead anthology - Permuted Press, Contributor, September 2009
• "Nothing Left to Salvage" - Wily Writers, Author, November 2009
• "Nothing Left to Salvage", Zombonauts anthology - Library of Living Dead Press, Contributor, December 2009 (Reprint)

Essays

• Cthulhurotica, "The Sexual Attraction of the Lovecraftian Universe", Dagan Books, December 2010
• GOLD Guide to Competitive Gaming, "Making the Fantastic Believable", 4 Winds Fantasy Gaming, TBA 2011
• Writing Heroic Fantasy,"NPCs Are People Too", Blades Entertainment, TBA 2011

Columns

• The Making of an Anthology, Apex Publications Blog, 2011
• Dice & Deadlines - RPG Insiders Column, Geek's Dream Girl website, 2011
• Dice & Deadlines - RPG Insiders Column, Geek's Dream Girl website, 2010

Awards

2015

• 2015 Hugo Nomination for Best Short Form Editor
• 2015 Scribe Award for best tie-in YA novel ^[12] "The Nellus Academy Incident"
• 2015 Scribe Award Nomination for Short Story "Tales of Valdemar: Written in the Wind"
• 2015 ENnie Award Nomination for ^[13] "Chicks Dig Gaming: A Celebration of All Things Gaming by the Women Who Love It"

2014

• 2014 Scribe Award Nomination for Short Stories "Locks and Keys"

2013

• 2013 Contributed to Shadowrun Returns anthology that won Diehard GameFAN's Best Tabletop Based Fiction award

2011

• 2011 silver ENnie award for Best Electronic Books, Shanghai Vampocalyse, published by Savage Mojo

2010

• 2010 Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game Supplement, Big Damn Heroes Handbook supplement^[14]
• 2010 Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Game Supplement, Shadowrun: Seattle 2072 supplement (nominated)^[14]

2009

• 2009 Australian Shadows Award for edited publication, Grants Pass anthology^[15][16]

References

1. "Masters of Horror Anthology – author interview Jennifer Brozek | The ShadowCast Blog". Shadowcastblog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
2. "Jennifer Brozek Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
3. "The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
4. "Casey and Andy". Galactanet.com. 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
5. "Warehouse 23 - GURPS Casey & Andy". E23.sjgames.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
6. Archived October 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20100609123650/http://crossedgenres.com/archives/008/interview-jennifer-brozek/. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. "Jennifer Brozek Archives". SFWA. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
9. Wilkes, Ann (2009-10-23). "Science Fiction and Other ODDysseys: Jennifer Brozek, dark speculative fiction writer /editor". Sciencefictionmusings.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20090728231517/http://www.apexbookcompany.com/blog/2009/07/jennifer-brozek-collection-signed-with-dark-quest-books/. Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. "Previous Scribe Award Winners | International Association of Media Tie-In Writers". Iamtw.org. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
13. "2015 ENnie Award Nominees and Spotlight Winners". ENnie Awards. 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
14. Archived June 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
15. "Australian Horror Writers Association :: 2009 Winners". Australianhorror.com. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
16. "Grants Pass". Morrigan Books. Retrieved 2015-07-17.

External links

• Official website
• The Edge of Propinquity
• Jennifer Brozek at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Jennifer Brozek at Library of Congress Authorities, with 3 catalog records