Meet Ruth Glick

Ever since she can remember, Ruth Glick has loved making up stories full of adventure, romance and suspense. As a child she corralled her friends into adventure games or acted out romantic suspense stories with a cast of dolls. But she never assumed she could be an author, because she couldn't spell. Her life changed, however, with the invention of the word processor and spelling checker--and the help of her husband, Norman Glick, who spots spelling errors from fifty paces away.

A New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly best-selling and award-winning author, Ruth has written over 115 books.  Her KILLING MOON was a launch title for Berkley’s Sensation imprint in June 2003.  EDGE OF THE MOON was published in August 2003, and WITCHING MOON followed in October 2003.  Her latest Berkley releases are "Burning Moon" in CRAVINGS, June 2004, with Laurell K. Hamilton, MaryJanice Davidson, and Eileen Wilks; the fourth Moon book, CRIMSON MOON, her 100th book, published in January 2005; SHADOW OF THE MOON, published in June 2006; and NEW MOON, published in March 2007.  Writing as Rebecca York, she has authored or co-authored over 55 romantic suspense novels, many for Harlequin Intrigue's very popular 43 Light Street series, set in Baltimore, and many with paranormal elements.  Her next Intrigue is ROYAL LOCKDOWN, June 2007.  Her first Blaze, BODY CONTACT, was published in March 2002; BEDROOM THERAPY followed in January 2004.  

Ruth's many awards include two Rita finalist books.  She has two Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times: for Series Romantic Suspense and Series Romantic Mystery.  NOWHERE MAN was the Romantic Times Best Intrigue of 1998, and the book has been selected as one of their Reviewers' "all-time favorite 400 romances."  In addition, she received the 1998 Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, also for  NOWHERE MAN.  Ruth's book, AMANDA'S CHILD, won the 2001 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary  and was nominated for Best Intrigue of 2000 by Romantic Times.  "Tyler" in BAYOU BLOOD BROTHERS won the 2001 Golden Leaf Award for best Novella.  NEVER ALONE came in second for the Daphne du Maurier award for best paranormal romance of 2001.  KILLING MOON won the 2003 and WITCHING MOON the 2004 New Jersey Romance Writers Golden leaf Award for Best Paranormal Novel.  KILLING MOON was also a RIO Recommended Book in Romantic Suspense for June 2003 and Nominee for RIO's Dorothy Parker Award of Excellence for 2003.  Her cookbook, FABULOUS LO-CARB CUISINE, was a finalist for the MidAtlantic Publishers Association's Excellence in Independent Publishing Award.

Ruth enjoys cooking, walking, reading, gardening, travel, and Mozart operas.  She collects rocks and has been known to lug stones back from Hawaii, Ireland, and Alaska.  Ruth and her husband Norman travel frequently to research settings for novels and taste new dishes for cookbooks.  Trips in recent years included Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, London, New Orleans, and Maui.  Her many unique experiences are apt to end up in her books--like the time she encountered a coral snake in the Guatemalan jungle or took a flight in a hot air balloon.  The Glicks live in Columbia, Maryland.   They have two grown children, Elissa (a librarian) and Ethan (a Foreign Service Officer), and two grandsons, Jesse and Leo.

Ruth holds a B. A. in American Thought and Civilization from The George Washington University and an M. A. in American Studies from The University of Maryland. She heads the Columbia Writers Workshop.  She is profiled in Who's Who in America, Contemporary Authors, and Who's Who of American Women.