{"id":5911,"date":"2014-03-19T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T20:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=5911"},"modified":"2014-03-26T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-26T18:26:37","slug":"it-was-the-writers-in-the-library-candlesticks-optional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/it-was-the-writers-in-the-library-candlesticks-optional\/","title":{"rendered":"It was the writers, in the Library. Candlesticks optional."},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

Crime writers from across the GTA will bring a splash of mystery to the Aurora Public Library this Monday in A Shot In The Dark, bringing together five writers, and three former Aurora residents, from Crime Writers of Canada. <\/p>\n

Sharon Crawford says she grew up on a steady diet of Agatha Christie and Perry Mason, so it was only natural that she turned to the darker side of life when she began her career as a writer. This former Aurora resident will be joined in Monday\u2019s seminar by Cynthia St. Pierre, Rob Brunet, Alexander Galant, and Rosemary McCracken. <\/p>\n

Ms. Crawford is the author of Beyond The Tripping Point, a collection of mysterious short stories featuring her own brand of characters which she describes as \u201cquirky and edgy.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be murdering anybody \u2013 that we know of, anyway,\u201d says Ms. Crawford when asked what they are conspiring to have in store for attendees. \u201cWe\u2019re a diverse group of people and we all write different things.\u201d<\/p>\n

St. Pierre, an Aurora native, is the co-author of A Purse to Die For, and has branched beyond crime to write about business. Brunet, a former resident of both Aurora and King, ran a digital media business in King before penning his debut novel Stinking Rich, due out this summer. <\/p>\n

Galant\u2019s award-winning Depth of Deception is a murder mystery set aboard the Titanic, while financial journalist Rosemary McCracken published her first mystery novel Safe Harbour in 2012, which was short listed for a number of awards, including the Debut Dagger Award in the United Kingdom. <\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond Agatha Christie and Raymond Burr, that got me reading the genre,\u201d says Ms. Crawford. \u201cThey say, write what you know. I don\u2019t know how to murder someone, but I knew that was an area I liked! This is just something I really like doing. I like the puzzle, the quirky characters, and I like reading other people\u2019s novels where the characters are, to put it politely, eccentric. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have a very strong sense of justice and I find in the world the bad guy doesn\u2019t always get his just desserts, but you can do that kind of thing in a novel or a short story. It balances all the injustice in the world and you have some kind of control over what is going on in your world.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the lead-up to Monday\u2019s talk, the authors have been honing what they want audiences to take away from their readings. Bringing entertainment into the forum is a top priority, but they also want to share their experiences of writing, ask people questions and, in turn, field questions about their own works, Crime Writers of Canada, and just have a good time. <\/p>\n

Reader be warned, however, that Ms. Crawford says some of her co-authors do like to get into character when they are reading. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are only five writers, but there are a large number of mystery writers who are published in Canada,\u201d she says. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to necessarily get the English books or ones from the States. We have a lot of fun. We want the public to see that we are having fun and they can enjoy it too.\u201d <\/p>\n

For more information about \u201cA Shot In The Dark\u201d, contact librarian Kate Gibson at 905-727-9494 x235.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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