Erica Ferencik

Erica Ferencik is a Massachusetts-based novelist, screenwriter and stand-up comic.

Ferencik was born in Urbana, Illinois and later obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting and French from University of Massachusetts and later a Master of Arts in creative writing from Boston University.

Ferencik did stand-up comedy for ten years at various comedy clubs in Boston and New York and was also a material writer for David Letterman during the early years of his national late-night show.

• Ghost wrote "The Mutation", one in a series by Katherine Applegate
• Novella "The Inheritance" a finalist in 2005 Malahat Review Novella Competition
• Wrote and made prizewinning short film "New Stepmom"
• Frequent writer/performer for National Public Radio's "Morning Edition"