Jennifer Brozek
Brozek at Crypticon, May 2015
Born	Jennifer Lynn Brozek (1970-12-09) December 9, 1970 (age 54) Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Occupation	Freelance writer
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

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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). 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.^[4]^[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 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.^[8]

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

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Brozek has stated that she has Asperger syndrome and dyslexia, and has also experienced a stutter and bouts of anxiety.^[9]

Books

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Fiction

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2024

Shadowrun: Auditions (A Mosaic Run Collection), February 2024

2023

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

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^[10]

Nonfiction

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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

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Awards for Brozek's writing
Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
2009	Grants Pass	Australian Shadows Award for Best Edited Publication	Winner	^[11]
2013	“Locks and Keys”	Scribe Award for Best Short Story Tie-In	Finalist	^[12]
2015		Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor, Short Form	Finalist	^[13]
	Chicks Dig Gaming	ENNIE Award for Best Related Product	Finalist	^[14]
	BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident	Scribe Award for Best Young Adult Tie-in Novel	Winner	^[12]
	Never Let Me Sleep	Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel	Finalist	^[15]
	“Written in the Wind”	Scribe Award for Best Short Story Tie-In	Finalist	^[12]
2016	The Last Days of Salton Academy	Bram Stoker Award for Best Young Adult Novel	Finalist	^[16]
2016	"To Lose the Stars"	Jim Baen Memorial Award	Runner-Up	^[17]
2019		Rainforest Writers Inspirational Award	Winner	^[18]
		Raven Award for Horror/Thriller Novel	Finalist	^[19]
	A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods	Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology	Finalist	^[20]
	A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods	British Fantasy Award for Anthology	Finalist	^[21]
2019	BattleTech: Iron Dawn	Scribe Award for Best Young Adult Tie-in Novel	Finalist	^[12]
2022	Battletech: Crimson Night	Scribe award for Original & Adapted Novels: Young Adult / Middle Grade	Finalist	^[12]
2024	Shadowrun: Auditions	Scribe Award for Best YA/MG Tie-in Novel	Winner	^[22]
2024	“Valdemar: Needs Must When Evil Bides”	Scribe Award for Best Short Story	Finalist	^[23]
2025		Hugo Award for Best Editor, Short Form	Finalist	^[24]

References

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^ "Masters of Horror Anthology – author interview Jennifer Brozek | The ShadowCast Blog". Shadowcastblog.wordpress.com. 22 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
^ "Jennifer Brozek Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
^ "The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions". Answers. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
^ "Casey and Andy". Galactanet.com. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
^ "Warehouse 23 - GURPS Casey & Andy". E23.sjgames.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-06. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
^ "The Edge of Propinquity closes for 2008 and opens for 2009 - SFScope - Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror". sfscope.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2008.
^ "Interview – Jennifer Brozek". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ "Jennifer Brozek Archives". SFWA. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
^ Brozek, Jennifer (8 December 2015). "Jennifer Brozek: Revealing Personal Details Through Your Writing". Jim C. Hines. Retrieved 4 April 2023. I knew that [when asked about her mentally ill protagonist] I would need to reveal my own autism (high functioning aspergers), my dyslexia, my stutter, my bouts of anxiety.
^ "Jennifer Brozek Collection Signed with Dark Quest Books". Archived from the original on July 28, 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
^ "2009 Australian Shadows Award". Australian Horror Writers Association. Archived from the original on 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Previous Scribe Award Winners". International Association of Media Tie-In. 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
^ "2015 Hugo Awards". 31 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
^ "2015 ENnie Award Nominees and Spotlight Winners". 30 June 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "2015 Bram Stoker Awards® Winners". 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23.
^ "2016 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot". 23 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26.
^ "Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award". Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2018-10-23.
^ "The RAINFOREST WRITERS VILLAGE". Archived from the original on 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
^ "Uncaged Book Reviews on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Winners & Nominees – the Bram Stoker Awards". Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
^ "British Fantasy Awards 2020 – Shortlists | the British Fantasy Society". Archived from the original on 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
^ "2024 Scribe Award Winners". 6 August 2024.
^ "2024 Scribe Award Winners". 6 August 2024.
^ "Seattle Worldcon 2025".

External links

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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