Press Kit
Below are links and information about the author, Erik Henry Vick. If you'd like more information, please drop a line to Erik directly at BerserkErik@erikhenryvick.com.
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AUTHOR PHOTOGRAPHS:
photos by Melissa J. Vick (c) 2017
BIO'S:
39 word bio:
Erik Henry Vick is an author of dark speculative fiction who writes despite a disability caused by his Personal Monster™ (also known as an autoimmune disease.) He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity.
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77 word bio:
Erik Henry Vick is an author of dark speculative fiction who writes despite a disability caused by his Personal Monster™ (also known as an autoimmune disease.) He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity.
He lives in Western New York with his wife, Supergirl; their son; a Rottweiler named after a god of thunder; and two extremely psychotic cats. He fights his Personal Monster™ daily with humor, pain medicine, and funny T-shirts.
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123 word bio:
Erik Henry Vick is an author of dark speculative fiction who writes despite a disability caused by his Personal Monster™ (also known as an autoimmune disease.) He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity.
He lives in Western New York with his wife, Supergirl; their son; a Rottweiler named after a god of thunder; and two extremely psychotic cats. He fights his Personal Monster™ daily with humor, pain medicine, and funny T-shirts.
Erik has a B.A. in Psychology, an M.S.C.S., and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked as a criminal investigator for a state agency, a college professor, a C.T.O. for an international software company, and a video game developer.
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INTERVIEW RESOURCES:
Talking points are available for
Potential questions:
- When did you begin writing?
- What do you read?
- You have led a varied professional life, how has that contributed to your craft?
- Why did you choose the independent route to publishing?
- Do you have any advice to people who are interested in becoming an author?
- Your bio mentions a personal monster, what's that about?
- How has your life changed since you were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis?
- How can you write in the face of your illness?
- How has the disease disabled you?
- Why do you call your wife, Melissa, Supergirl?
- What special challenges do you face as an author due to your disability?
- What advice do you have for other people with disabilities who would like to write?
- What is spoon theory?