Ruth Glick (née Burtnick; born April 27, 1942) is an American writer of cookbooks, romance and young adult novels.

[2] In 1977, Glick published a book about making dollhouse furniture with her friend Nancy Baggett.

The same year, Glick partnered with three friends, Eileen Buckholtz, Louise Titchener, and Carolyn Males to write romance novels, under the pseudonym of Alyssa Howard they published two novels, their first work "Love is Elected" was nominee for Romantic Times Best Romance.

In the late 1990s, Glick decided that she no longer wished to work in collaboration, explaining that "sharing my vision with someone else stopped being satisfying for me".

[2] She and Buckholz agreed that each could release solo novels under the pseudonym Rebecca York, provided that the cover page also listed their real names.

In collaboration with Eileen Buckholtz is indicated by * Date Edge of the Moon Ambushed Dark Powers Hot and Dangerous Nightfall Conquest