Moncrieff to appear at Central Canada Comic Con

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J.H. Moncrieff is looking forward to giving people the creeps this weekend.

The St. Boniface-based supernatural suspense writer will have table space selling some of her books at the upcoming Central Canada Comic Con (C4), which will be held at the Winnipeg Convention Centre from Oct. 27 to 29.

Moncrieff, who has written more than 10 books, released the first two novels in her GhostWriters series — City of Ghosts and The Girl Who Talks to Ghosts —in the spring. The third book in the series — Temple of Ghosts — will be released soon. All three are published by DeathZone Books.

At C4, Moncrieff will be appearing on a panel on Oct. 29 at 1:30 p.m. that will discuss the elements of being a storyteller, and she is also nominated for an award at an industry night event that honours vendors, artists and volunteers who have supported the conference. She said the opportunity to appear at the event is an invaluable way of staying connected.  

“I hope to reunite with current readers and connect with new ones,” Moncrieff said. “And seeing all the costumes is always fun.”

Never one to rest on her laurels, Moncrieff keeps busy as a working writer and recently attended the League of Utah Writers 2017 Fall Conference, where she was a special guest author and co-headliner of the two-day event with Kevin J. Anderson.

“It was an amazing experience,” said Moncrieff, who taught six workshops and was on three panels.

“The writing community in Utah is incredibly strong and engaged and most of my workshops were full, which was incredibly gratifying. The response was really positive and it was an honour to work with people who were so passionate about writing and who support each other.”

“Headlining a conference is something I think a lot of writers would like to do, but I didn’t in a million years think I’d have a chance to do it at this point in my career,” she added.

Moncrieff said talking about the writing process in an educational way offers a different perspective for the author, too, as well their audience.

“You learn a lot from teaching people your craft and process. One of the things I get asked is how I create characters, which is not something I often talk about, so I learned so much about breaking it down and showing someone how I do it,” she said.

The winner of Harlequin International’s search for the “next Gillian Flynn,” Moncrieff has also co-written a psychological suspense for Harlequin, Take it to the Grave, which was released in June under the pen name Zoe Carter. Her novella, 2015’s The Bear Who Wouldn’t Leave, stayed on Samhain’s horror bestsellers’ list for more than a year.

Go online at jhmoncrieff.com for more information about the author, including how to sign up for her “hidden library.”

Visit www.c4winnipeg.com to learn more about the event.  

simon.fuller@canstarnews.com