World Horror Convention 2007 is pleased to announce Canadian author SÈPHERA GIRÓN as its Mistress of Ceremonies.
A qualified tarot card reader, her book HOUSE MAGIC: THE GOOD WITCH'S GUIDE TO BRINGING GRACE TO YOUR SPACE
was published in 2001 under the author's tarot name, "Ariana", and her darkly erotic novels HOUSE OF PAIN,
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES, BORROWED FLESH and MISTRESS OF THE DARK are available from Leisure Books.
Her short fiction has appeared in such anthologies and magazines as SEX MACABRE, ASYLUM 2,
QUEER FEAR 2, HOT BLOOD 11: FATAL ATTRACTION, COLOR OF PAIN SHADE OF PLEASURE and
CEMETARY DANCE, and she co-scripted the award-winning 1994 movie CREEP with Julian Grant.
SÈPHERA GIRÓN joins the previously-announced Guests of Honour: British writer MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH,
the multiple award-winning author of such novels as SPARES, ONLY FORWARD, ONE OF US
and the best-selling THE STRAW MEN trilogy; Montreal-based author NANCY KILPATRICK,
whose books include novels NEAR DEATH, CHILD OF THE NIGHT, JASON X: PLANET OF THE BEAST
and THE GOTH BIBLE: A COMPENDIUM FOR THE DARKLY INCLINED; Chesley Award and World Fantasy Award-winning
American illustrator JOHN PICACIO; British writer/editor/publisher PETER CROWTHER and Toronto editor
and pulp magazine authority DON HUTCHISON.
For the first time in its seventeen-year history, The World Horror Convention is being held outside the
United States. With a theme exploring "The Diversity of Horror", World Horror Convention 2007 will take
place over March 29-April 1 at the TORONTO MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN EATON CENTRE, located in the heart of Toronto, Canada.
The convention's official airline is AIR CANADA, a Star Alliance Member (www.staralliance.com).
PLEASE NOTE: Convention organisers Amanda Foubister, Stephen Jones and Mandy Slater, along with major
committee members and announced guests Nancy Kilpatrick, Don Hutchison and Sèphera Girón will be
attending AD ASTRA, March 31-April 2 2006, at the Crowne Plaza, Toronto Don Valley, Canada, where
memberships to WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2007 will go on sale for the first time. Membership forms
will be available in the delegate bags or look for someone wearing a "WHC2007" T-shirt.
