Ilsa J. Bick is an award-winning science fiction author primarily known for her Star Trek novels and short stories, which began with publication in the Strange New Worlds anthology series. Her first Star Trek novel, Well of Souls, became a 2003 Barnes & Noble bestseller.
Her story, "The Quality of Wetness," took Second Prize in the prestigious Writers of the Future contest in 2000.
In addition to her Star Trek books, she has written several stories, novellas and novels for the BattleTech and Dark Age franchises. She has also published a number of short stories in various magazines, anthologies and other online venues. "The Key," a supernatural murder-mystery about the Holocaust and reincarnation, was named "distinguished" in The Best American Mystery Stories, 2005 (edited by Joyce Carol Oates), and a novella-length sequel is forthcoming.
Before she became a successful author, Bick was a child/adolescent and forensic psychiatrist. She also holds a degree in literature and film studies, and has presented and written widely on applied psychoanalysis and film. She currently lives in Wisconsin.