Ota Ulc (1930 in Plzen) is a Czech-American author and columnist.
Ulc studied law at the Charles University in Prague, then became a districts court judge in Stríbro.
In 1959 he escaped via West Berlin to the West and finally to the U.S.
There he proceeded to study political science at the Columbia University in New York.
Afterwards, he gave classes on comparative governments at Binghamton University.
Ulc now (2006) lives in Binghamton, in upstate New York.
His books were published by Škvorecký's 68 Publishers in Toronto.
Since 1989 Ulc has published about 20 books and articles both printed and online newspapers in the Czech Republic.