# Ruth Glick

Ruth Glick (née Burtnick; born April 27, 1942) is an American 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, D.C., 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 collaborated 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

* 1982 – Romantic Times Nominee for Best Romance, Love is Elected
* 1987 – Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense Series, The Peregrine Connection
* 1992 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for Best Romantic Suspense Novel, Bayou Moon
* 1993–1994, Romantic Times Nominee for Best Series Romance, Tangled Vows
* 1995–1996 – Romantic Times Career Achievement Award winner for Series Romantic Mystery
* 1995–1996 – Romantic Times Career Achievement Award Nominee for Series Storyteller of the Year
* 1996 – Washington Romance Writers Outstanding Achievement Award
* 1997 – Romance Writers of America RITA Award finalist for Best Romantic Suspense Novel, For Your Eyes Only
* 1998 – Romantic Times Best Intrigue Award winner, Nowhere Man
* 1998 – Affaire de Coeur's Critics Choice Award for Best Contemporary Novel, Nowhere Man
* 1999 – National Health Information Bronze Award, The Diabetes Snack Munch Nibble Nosh Book
* 2000 – Romantic Times Best Harlequin Intrigue of the Year Nominee, Amanda's Child
* 2000 – Romantic Times Career Achievement Award winner for Series Romantic Suspense
* 2001 – New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Long Contemporary, Amanda's Child
* 2001 – New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Best Novella, "Tyler" in Bayou Blood
* 2001 – MidAtlantic Publishers Association Finalist for Excellence in Independent Publishing Award, Fabulous Lo-Carb Cuisine
* 2002 – Daphne du Maurier Award 2nd Place for Paranormal Romantic Suspense, Never Alone
* 2003 – New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Best Paranormal Romance, Killing Moon
* 2003 – Romantic Times Best Contemporary Paranormal Mainstream Novel Nominee, Killing Moon
* June 2003 – Rio Recommended Book in Romantic Suspense, Killing Moon
* 2004 – Phoenix Desert Rose Romance Writers Golden Quill Award Finalist for Best Paranormal Romance, Witching Moon
* 2004 – New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Best Paranormal Romance. Witching Moon
* 2004 – Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance Writers of America Chapter Prism Award 2nd Place for Dark Paranormal, Witching Moon
* 2004 – Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence Finalist for Paranormal/Time Travel/Fantasy, Killing Moon
* 2004 – Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence Finalist for Paranormal/Time Travel/Fantasy, Witching Moon
* 2005 – Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance Writers of America Chapter Prism Award 3rd Place for Dark Paranormal, Beyond Control
* 2005 – Publishers Weekly Quill Award nominee in the Romance category for Crimson Moon
* 2005 – Washington Romance Writers Prolific Pen Award
* 2005 – Daphne du Maurier Award 2nd Place for Paranormal Romantic Suspense, Crimson Moon
* 2006 – Romantic Times Best Harlequin Intrigue of the Year, The Secret Night
* 2007 – Futuristic, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance Writers of America Chapter Prism Award 1st Place for Novella, "Second Chance" in "Midnight Magic"
* 2008 – New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award for Best Novella, "Huntress Moon" in "Elemental Magic"
* 2008 – Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance Award
* 2009 – Romantic Times Best Harlequin Intrigue of the Year, "More Than a Man"