Ruth Glick


Ruth Glick née Burtnick,, is a writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels. She has written novels under the pseudonym Rebecca York; until 1997 these were written in collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz.

Biography

Ruth Day Burtnick was born on 27 April 1942 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, the daughter of Lester Leon Burtnick, a psychiatrist, and Beverly Miller Burtnick, a middle-school science teacher. She was raised in Washington, DC, she earned a B.A. in American Thought and Civilization from George Washington University and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Maryland. On 30 June 1963, she married Norman S. Glick, a mathematician for the Defense Department. They have two children: Elissa, a librarian, and Ethan, a Foreign Service Officer.
After several years as a stay-at-home mother, Glick decided to pursue a career. She enrolled in a course at a local community college to help her choose a career. The class helped her identify a talent for writing. For the next few years, Glick wrote articles for local newspapers, and sold several articles on a freelance basis to The Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun.
In 1977, Glick published a book about making dollhouse furniture with her friend Nancy Baggett. Two years later, she published two more dollhouse books. With Baggett, Glick has written many cookbooks focusing on healthy eating; she also writes cookbooks alone. Glick sometimes hires trained chefs to test the recipes that she creates, and makes sure that every recipe is tested at least three times before it appears in one of her cookbooks.
When Glick wrote her first novel, a children's science-fiction story, it was rejected by five different publishers. The last, Scholastic, sent a two-page note detailing the flaws in the manuscript. Glick rewrote the story based on those suggestions, and Scholastic later purchased the book. It was released in 1982 as Invasion of the Blue Lights. The same year, Glick partnered with three friends, Eileen Buckholtz, Louise Titchener, and Carolyn Males to write romance novels, under the pseudonym of Alyssa Howard they published two novels, their first work "Love is Elected" was nominee for Romantic Times Best Romance. She collabored with Buckholtz writing young-adult novels, and using with her the pseudonyms of Amanda Lee, Samantha Chase and Rebecca York, the duo wrote over 40 novels and novellas together. Most of these were romantic suspense. With Titchener, she wrote under the pseudonyms of Alexis Hill, Alexis Hill Jordan, and Tess Marlowe.
In the late 1990s, Glick decided that she no longer wished to work in collaboration, explaining that "sharing my vision with someone else stopped being satisfying for me". She and Buckholz agreed that each could release solo novels under the pseudonym Rebecca York, provided that the cover page also listed their real names. In 1998, Glick's first solo novel as Rebecca York was published as Nowhere Man.
According to Glick, as of 1999 over 5 million copies of her books were in print in 17 languages. By 2011, there were over 12 million copies of her books in print in 22 languages.
Many of her novels are published under the Harlequin Intrigue line, and in June 2003, she became one of the first authors published under Berkley's new Sensation imprint.
Glick is the head of the Columbia Writers Workshop.

Awards

Dollhouse Books

Single Titles
Micro Adventure Series Multi-Author
Magic Micro Adventure Series Multi-Author
Charisma Inc. Series
  1. Saber Dance
  2. Breathless
  3. Smoke Screen
  4. Desperado
  5. The Golden Hawk
  6. On Edge
  7. Risky Venture
  8. Roller Coaster
  9. The Big Score
  10. Night Stalker

    Cookbooks

Single Romance Novels

Single Romance Novels

Single Romance Novels

Single Romance Novels

Single Romance Novels

Single Romance Novels

The Peregrine Connection Series

  1. Talons of the Falcon
  2. Flight of the Raven
  3. In Search of the Dove

    43 Light Street Harlequin Intrigue Series

In collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz is indicated by *
  1. Life Line
  2. Shattered Vows
  3. Whispers in the Night
  4. Only Skin Deep
  5. Trial by Fire
  6. Hopscotch
  7. Cradle and All
  8. What Child Is This?
  9. Midnight Kiss
  10. Tangled Vows
  11. Till Death Us Do Part
  12. Prince of Time
  13. Face to Face
  14. For Your Eyes Only
  15. Father and Child
  16. Remington and Juliet also in Key to My Heart
  17. Nowhere Man
  18. Shattered Lullaby
  19. Counterfeit Wife also in After Dark
  20. Midnight Caller
  21. Never Too Late
  22. Amanda's Child
  23. The Man from Texas
  24. Never Alone
  25. Lassiter's Law
  26. From the Shadows
  27. Phantom Lover
  28. Intimate Strangers
  29. Out of Nowhere
  30. Spellbound
  31. The Secret Night
  32. Return of the Warrior
  33. Soldier Caged
  34. More Than a Man
  35. Guarding Grace
  36. Solid As Steele

    Moon Series

  37. Killing Moon also in Full Moon
  38. Edge of The Moon also in Full Moon
  39. Witching Moon also in Moon Swept
  40. Burning Moon also in Cravings
  41. Crimson Moon also in Moon Swept
  42. Shadow of the Moon
  43. New Moon
  44. Ghost Moon
  45. Huntress Moon also in Elemental Magic
  46. Eternal Moon
  47. Dragon Moon
  48. Dark Moon tie in to Decorah Security Series

    Decorah Security Series

  49. On Edge
  50. Dark Moon
  51. Chained also in Decorah Security Collection
  52. Ambushed also in Decorah Security Collection
  53. Dark Powers also in Decorah Security Collection
  54. Hot and Dangerous also in Decorah Security Collection
  55. At Risk
  56. Christmas Captive
  57. Destination Wedding
  58. Rx Missing
  59. Hunting Moon
  60. Terror Mansion
  61. Outlaw Justice
  62. Found Missing
  63. Preying Game
  64. Boxed In
  65. Hollow Moon

    Rockfort Security Series

  66. Bad Nights
  67. Betrayed
  68. Private Affair
    Off World Series
  69. Hero's Welcome also in The Off World Collection
  70. Nightfall also in The Off World Collection
  71. Conquest also in The Off World Collection
  72. Assignment Danger
  73. Christmas Home
  74. Firelight Confession
    Chronicles of Arandal Series
  75. Dark Magic
  76. Shattered Magic
  77. Desperate Magic

    Dark Paranormal Romantic Suspense