Name JG Montgomery Role Author | Books A Case for Ghosts Music group The Feldons | |
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Tim the Yowie Man interviews JG Montgomery author of 'A Case for Ghosts'
JG Montgomery is an Australian/ English author. He was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England and lives in Canberra, Australia.
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He is the son of a Royal Australian Air Force officer and defence attaché. He is known for his writing on the supernatural and paranormal.
Personal life
He is the older brother of renowned Glasgow based conductor Jessica Cottis. He is a graduate of the University of Canberra.
He is also a musician, vocalist and song writer. He has university degrees in cultural heritage and teaching. He is also a decorated State Emergency Service (SES) volunteer.
Career
He served in both the Australian Army Reserve and Australian Air Force.
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 State Emergency Service (SES). He also wrote Haunted Australian: Ghosts of the Great Southern Land which was released in early 2017.
He contributed and edited poetry in Capital Reflections. He has also spoken about ghosts on radio programs and at the National Museum of Australia.