american book center
VISIT THE BOOTH OF ABC BOOKCENTER
The booksellers of the American Book Center in Amsterdam have been present for years and will be attending the upcoming event yet again. With the ABC pop-up bookstore, they will provide an amazing feature for fans of comics, manga, SF&F books and Dungeons & Dragons at Heroes Dutch Comic Con.
In addition to books and comics, ABC also organizes the programme at the Cozy Corner – specifically the panels on writing and books – in cooperation with both HDCC and publishing house Zilverspoor. And as always at the ABC stand, guest authors will be signing their books throughout the weekend. Do you want to know who the authors are this time… then scroll down quickly!
MEET THESE AUTHORS
Johanna van Veen
Johanna grew up in the Netherlands together with her two sisters. The three of them are triplets, though her sisters are identical to each other and she's different, a fact she didn't discover until she was five years old; at least, unlike most people, she can pinpoint the exact moment she became self-aware. She has received an MA in English Literature with a specialisation in early modern literature, as well as an MA Book and Digital Media with a specialisation in early modern book history, both of them at Leiden University. She currently works as an editor for a big company that sends a lot of reports and letters out every day, all of them requiring a lot of love and attention to make sure that every comma is where it should be. This job gives her enough time to write (mostly queer gothic) novels. When she isn't doing any of those things, she enjoys spending time with her girlfriend, her sisters, and her dog, though not necessarily all at the same time.
My Darling Dreadful | Johanna van Veen
About the book:
Roos Beckman has a spirit companion only she can see. Ruth—strange, corpse-like, and dead for centuries—is the only good thing in Roos’ life, which is filled with sordid backroom séances organized by her mother. That is, until wealthy young widow Agnes Knoop attends one of these séances and asks Roos to come live with her at the crumbling estate she inherited upon the death of her husband. The manor is unsettling, but the attraction between Roos and Agnes is palpable. So how does someone end up dead? Roos is caught red-handed, but she claims a spirit is the culprit. Doctor Montague, a psychologist tasked with finding out whether Roos can be considered mentally fit to stand trial, suspects she’s created an elaborate fantasy to protect her from what really happened. But Roos knows spirits are real; she's loved one of them. She'll have to prove her innocence and her sanity, or lose everything.
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