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Ruth Burtnick was born in 1942. She obtained a B.A. in American Thought and Civilization from George Washington University and an M.A. in American Studies from the University of Maryland. She married Norman Glick, and they had two children, Elissa and Ethan.

Ruth and her friend Nancy Baggett began to write magazine articles. In this time, Ruth's daughter was a preschooler wanted a dollhouse. A family friend built it and Ruth she began designing miniature furniture. They decided to sold a book on making dollhouse furniture. They wrote two books together, and Ruth a third book alone. With Nancy, she also wrote some cookbooks focusing on healthy eating.

Ruth first fiction book was a collaborative effort with three friends Eileen Buckholtz, Louise Titchener, and Carolyn Males, the result was a romance novel Love is Elected, published in 1982 by Silhouette under the pseudonym Alyssa Howard. Her first alone book was Invasion of the Blue Lights, a young adult's novel published in 1983. In the 1980s, she wrote under her married name young adult's fiction with Eileen Buckholtz, with whom she also wrote romance novels under the pseudonyms: Amanda Lee, Samantha Chase and Rebecca York. With Louise Titchener, she wrote under the pseudonym: Alexis Hill, Alexis Hill Jordan, and Tess Marlowe. A late 1990s, her friend Eileen Buckholtz decided to stop writing under the pseudonym Rebecca York, and Ruth continued alone. She has continued to write novels of suspense and now also paranormal novels.

Ruth lives with her husband in Columbia, Maryland, their children have grown, and they are grandparents of two boys, Jesse and Leo.

Books in Order: 4 titles

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  • Heartthrobs, Hunks, and Heroes... They make your heart race and inspire your most secret fantasies. They're your favorite heroes from movies and television, and they're about to make your dreams come true. Ten of today's top romance authors create wo...



  • Miracles do happen Dr. Elizabeth Salvatore devoted herself to caring for critically ill children. She'd given up believing there would ever be someone to care for her. Then a chance meeting with a stranger in the Kentucky woods one night chang...



  • Elena Castille The petite artist had traveled all the way to Santa Barbara to marry the man she loved. When Stephen suddenly spurned her affections, she was distraught. Pride wouldn't let her return home to Venezuela. Stephen Gallagher A min...



  • When Aaron Stanley first saw the strange blue lights on the night of July 4th, he thought it was fireworks. He watched one light fall into the woods, and the next day he went over to investigate. That day was very nearly his last! Aaron's close...




Books Written with a Co-Author


Ruth Glick; Eileen Buckholtz
Mission of the Secret Spy Squad (Jul-1984)
Space Attack (Jul-1984)
Mindbenders (Oct-1984)
Doom Stalker (Jan-1985)
Captain Kid and the Pirates (Oct-1985)
The Cats of Castle Mountain (Dec-1985)
Saber Dance (Aug-1988)
Desperado (Oct-1988)
On Edge (Nov-1988)
Risky Venture (Dec-1988)
Roller Coaster (Jan-1989)
The Big Score (Feb-1989)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ruth Glick has published 4 books.

Ruth Glick does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Conquest, was published in October 1998.

The first book by Ruth Glick, The Invasion of the Blue Lights, was published in March 1983.

No. Ruth Glick does not write books in series.