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 Industry Talk: An Insider's Look at Writing RPGs and Editing Anthologies, Apocalypse Ink Productions, 2012
Awards and nominations +Awards for Brozek's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2009Grants PassAustralian Shadows Award for Best Edited PublicationWinner2013“Locks and Keys” Scribe Award for Best Short Story Tie-InFinalist2015Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Short FormFinalistChicks Dig GamingENNIE Award for Best Related ProductFinalistBattleTech: The Nellus Academy IncidentScribe Award for Best Young Adult Tie-in NovelWinnerNever Let Me SleepBram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult NovelFinalist“Written in the Wind” Scribe Award for Best Short Story Tie-InFinalist2016Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult NovelFinalist"To Lose the Stars"Jim Baen Memorial AwardRunner-Up2019Rainforest Writers Inspirational AwardWinnerRaven Award for Horror/Thriller NovelFinalistBram Stoker Award for Best AnthologyFinalistBritish Fantasy Award for AnthologyFinalist2019BattleTech: Iron DawnScribe Award for Best Young Adult Tie-in NovelFinalist2022Battletech: Crimson NightScribe award for Original & Adapted Novels: Young Adult / Middle GradeFinalist2024Shadowrun: AuditionsScribe Award for Best YA/MG Tie-in NovelWinner“Valdemar: Needs Must When Evil Bides”Scribe Award for Best Short StoryFinalist2025Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Short FormFinalist2026Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Short FormFinalist
References
External links
The Edge of Propinquity
Jennifer Brozek Interview at Prachesta Magazine