Erica Ferencik

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

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.

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.

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"

Novels

 * "Girl in Ice", Gallery/Scout Press - 2022
 * "Into the Jungle", Gallery/Scout Press - 2019
 * "The River at Night" - 2017
 * "Repeaters", Waking Dream Press - 2011
 * Cracks in the Foundation, Waking Dream Press - 2008

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