JG Montgomery is an Australian/ English author. He was born in

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, England and lives in Canberra, Australia. He is the son of a

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officer and

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. He is known for his writing on the supernatural and

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Personal life

He is the older brother of renowned Australian/ English based conductor

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. He is a graduate of the

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. He is also a

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, vocalist and songwriter. He has university degrees in cultural heritage and teaching and a Diploma in parapsychology. He is also a decorated State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer.

Career

He served in both the

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and

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and the Australian Capital Territory State Emergency Service (SES). He was awarded the Emergency Service Medal in the 2021 Queen's Birthday honours for distinguished service. He is the author of ''A Case for Ghosts'' (Ginninderra Press 2012) which was described by poet PS Cottier as "an engaging book to read. It's as if the author were sitting with the reader in a pub, in front of an open fire, telling anecdotes about his explorations into the ghostly universe that may possibly shadow the everyday," and by the RiotACT that (he) "is quite open-minded in his approach to the subject. He does not preach as to the existence or non-existence of ghosts, but tantalises and entertains." He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book ''The Oomee Mau Mau'' as well as ''WYRD- A journey into the beliefs and philosophies of the known and unknown'' and ''Meditations in Orange'', an autobiographical look at his career as an active member in the Australian

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(SES). He also wrote ''Haunted Australian: Ghosts of the Great Southern Land'' and ''Haunted Britain: Supernatural Realms of the United Kingdom'', both of which were released in 2017. In March 2018 he released ''Summer to Summer'', a fictional account/ memoir coming of age novel based in Canberra during the 1980s. Also in 2018 he released ''Haunted Castles of England. A Tour of 99 Ghostly Fortesses'', which examined the history and alleged hauntings of numerous castles in England sorted by geographical regions. In April of the same year he also released a solo album of original songs ''Paper Walls'' under the name James Montgomery-Willcox. He contributed and edited poetry in ''Capital Reflections.'' He has also spoken about ghosts on radio programs and at the

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, and has written, researched and co-produced numerous short documentaries. In 2019 he appeared as an extra playing a parliamentarian in the

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television series '' Black Bitch''. In 2020 he released his fifth book about ghosts- ''Capital Manifestations- Tales of Haunted Canberra''. In 2021 he appeared ABC's television series "Total control" as a parliamentarian.

Bibliography

Supernatural/ paranormal

''Capital Manifestations- Tales of Haunted Canberra'' ( Pendragon Publishing & Design) 2020 ''Haunted Castles of England. A Tour of 99 Ghostly Fortesses'' ( Llewellyn Publications ) 2018 ''Haunted Britain: Supernatural Realms of the United Kingdom'' (

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) June 2017 ''Haunted Australia: Ghosts of the Great Southern Land'' (Schiffer Publishing) 2017 ''WYRD- A journey into the beliefs and philosophies of the known and unknown'' (CFZ Press 2014) ''A Case for Ghosts'' (Ginninderra Press 2012) -Nominated for ACT Book of the Year 2013

Children's

''The Oomee Mau Mau '' (Willowmoon Press 2012)

Autobiographical

''Meditations in Orange'' (Pendragon Publishing & Design 2014)

Fiction/ Memoir

''Summer to Summer'' (Pendragon Publishing & Design 2018)

Poetry

''Capital Reflections'' (Contributed to and compiled. Pendragon Publishing & Design 2014)

Essays

''What Are Ghosts? And Why Do We Believe in Them?'' (The Llewellyn Journal) 2018

Screenplay

''The Roaring Bunyip'' with

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. (Documentary. Carillion Pictures 2013) ''TYM The Series - Haunted Tales of Burnima Homestead.'' (Documentary. Austography 2017) ''TYM The Series - The Mysteries of Lake George.'' (Documentary. Austography 2017) ''TYM The Series - The Great Aussie Pie Challenge.'' (Documentary. Austography 2017)

References

External links

Dread Central

New book by Canberran author JG Montgomery- Meditations in Orange

The Oomee Maui

* ttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/168225075?selectedversion=NBD49568298 A case for ghosts : a personal journey into the unexplainable world of ghosts and the supernatural National Library of Australia
Interview with JG Montgomery

Interview with JG Montgomery

JG MONTGOMERY

Meditations in Orange JG

''A Case for Ghosts'' National Library of Australia

"The Roaring Bunyip"

Tim the Yowie Man- The Bunyip Hunt

Goodreads- Haunted Britain

Ghosts with JG Montgomery- Interview on SubjectACT 2XX
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