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Among other things, I was an English major in college and so I know that I'm supposed to write things like, "Ilsa J. Bick is ." Except I hate writing about myself in the third person like I'm not in the room. Helloooo, I'm right here . . . So let's just say that I'm a child psychiatrist (yeah, you read that right)as well as a film scholar, surgeon wannabe (meaning I did an internship in surgery and LOVED it and maybe shoulda stuck), former Air Force major—and an award-winning, best-selling author of short stories, e-books, and novels. Believe me, no one is more shocked about this than I . . . unless you talk to my mother.




Okay, I’m going to be completely upfront about this: my brain’s been on total information overload. Not exactly fried, but being the workaholic I am, I haven’t taken a weekend to do pretty much NOTHING for . . . well, forever.


Doing nothing wasn’t the plan. Remember: ten days ago, I finished the first pass-through revision for WHITE SPACE. Since then, I’ve been cramming in information and beginn...

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Published on May 12, 2013 22:00 • 31 views
Average rating: 3.88 · 12,903 ratings · 2,601 reviews · 27 distinct works · Similar authors
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I'm not even sure how to write a fitting review without major spoilers, so I'm going to do my darndest to walk that fine line.

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Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick
" Great book! I love a well-written character and a plot full of action. This book has both. Alex has lost both of her parents and has a brain tumor. For her last hurrah, she is hiking to Lake Superior to spread her parents' ashes. While she is hiki... "
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Drowning Instinct by Ilsa J. Bick
" “In my experience, the truly evil are few and good people, with the very best intentions, often make very bad decisions and get in way over their heads before they know it. People drown, quietly before our eyes, all the time.” - (Ilsa J Bick in t... "
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More of Ilsa's books…
“Why can't you like me?" he said, his voice breaking. His scent steamed then, hot and heady with a welter of contradictions: apples and fire and electric roil of those cold, black shadows. "Why can't you like me just a little?"

She would never know how she might have answered, because he never gave her the chance.

Instead, he kissed her.”
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“Follow your heart. Just don't get lost.”
Ilsa J. Bick, Draw the Dark

“It was that stages-of-anger thing. I was shocked and then I got pissed and then I fought like hell … and then I went numb. They called it acceptance, but it wasn’t. It’s what happens when you have only two choices: live with the monster, or kill yourself.”
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Ilsa Bick Gee, and I was going to say the same about you ;-) How are you, girlfriend?


Louisa Swann I swear, girlfriend, I have no idea when you sleep!!


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