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Best-selling novelist Terry Ulick combines his highly-acclaimed prose and writing style in exciting contemporary fiction literary masterpieces. Hailed as forging a new genre, “Philosophical Fiction,” his works combine engaging characters and stories that are exciting and action-packed — yet explore the mysteries of life and love. From retelling the creation story featuring the Archangel Gloria and Lucifer’s daughter, Elsa — to the dark world of sex trafficking in his “Not Taken” series featuring a young mother and daughter, his characters are ones that inspire, amaze, and readers can related to.
Spending his childhood living, literally, in a car, Terry Ulick had little space for personal belongings. He decided there were two books he would always keep with him: A Bible and a Dictionary. By 10, he had read the definition of every word, and understood both books were mystical roadmaps. They gave him the tools he needed most in life. Those two books, with hundreds of others along the way, taught him about the real world -- not just life in the car he grew up in. He discovered the real world through books, magazines, and newspapers.
Running away when 13 he decided to help others learn more about life as a writer and publisher. He started by earning money doing artwork, logos, and ads for small stores. With that money, still only 13, he started Renegade Company and published an underground newspaper which evolved to reporting exclusively on rock music. Still in his teens, he became a successful publisher and taught himself photography, taking landmark pictures of rock music royalty.
Playboy Magazine recruited him when he was 18 as art director and photographer based on his rock paper photography and design work — which he says is why his book covers tend to be the way they do.
Leaving Playboy after three years, he shifted Renegade Company to magazine publishing. His magazines were successful, making him famous by introducing desktop and self-publishing to the world. By 30, he sold the magazine part of his company to CapCities/ABC, Inc. then began writing fiction, self-help and how-to books and making films. Writing books with empowerment themes was his way of thanking God for his success. In all his works, fiction or self-help, his books all have an underlying mission of giving people hope and inspiration to finding meaning in life. He was once quoted on the subject:
“My goal is to engage a reader to understand the characters in my fiction are facing the same challenges they face. That they buy a book to be enjoyed, and relate to the characters and events — and they are the story. They are the heroes, the loves, the ones capable of great things. What a wonderful thing to open a book and discover yourself.”
Describing his style, Ulick is quite certain.
“There’s no way around it. At heart, I’m a romance writer. I love writing about astonishing female protagonists whose beauty is glorious because it radiates from within them. Their heart, soul and love make them angelic and stunningly attractive. Beauty shines from within. When I take pictures of women, I take pictures of the person — not the body. I do the same when I write. Ultimately, my books celebrate the wonderful women I’ve been fortunate to know and love. They are the stuff of dreams, and they are wonderful influences on how I write about love and relationships.”
With an underlying theme of spiritual awakening and enlightenment, Ulick hopes the books will inspire readers.
“I write books. Can they change a person’s life? At first glance, they're just books. But once read, by exploring what all of us do faced with challenges or in relationships, anyone reading them can see the roadsigns they contain and think about how the characters in the books read the signs and find a better life."
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