Introducing Secondary Characters – Family

In case you weren’t aware, Monsters! Incidental Wedding Guests is a wedding book, which means lots of family. This book has a humungous cast of characters, and we actually included a list at the back of the book because there are just so many people.

Zoe Johnson

Appearance inspired by Nhumi Threadgill

Age: 24

Date of Birth: Sep 19, 1978

Appearance: dark brown hair, hazel eyes, tall, golden brown skin

Job: city planner consultant for urban infrastructure planning, co-head of the Oldtown Council, and part-time teacher for the kid’s classes at Judy’s dojo

Parents: Hammond and Monique Johnson, both deceased.

Sibling: Older brother Jason

Family: married to Gabrielle, one daughter Brooke (just shy of 2 years old); grandmother Kathryn Johnson

Lilah Fairfield

Appearance inspired by Robin Wright

Age: 57

Date of Birth: March 6, 1946

Appearance: Blonde hair that is whitening, blue eyes, medium height, white

Job: Farmer (the business side) in Parry Sound, Ontario (crops)

Family: married to Gerard, daughter of Denise Lake, mother to Phillip, who is married and has one son (just shy of 2 years old); twins Eliza and MacKenzie; Kennedy, who is marrying Jason; and Tommy

Gerard Fairfield

Appearance inspired by Cary Elwes

Age: 57

Date of Birth: March 1, 1946

Appearance: short grey hair, green eyes, tall and wirey, white

Job: Farmer in Parry Sound, Ontario (crops)

Family: married to Lilah, father to Phillip, who is married and has one son (just shy of 2 years old); twins Eliza and MacKenzie; Kennedy, who is marrying Jason; and Tommy

Denise Lake

Appearance inspired by Julie Andrews

Age: 79

Date of Birth: May 23, 1924

Appearance: Long white-blonde hair, blue eyes, statuesque, white

Job: retired; volunteers at the Baker Public Library

Family: daughter Lilah, son Arthur (the adult, not the toddler, who is named for his uncle)

Kathryn Johnson

Appearance inspired by Danai Gurira

Age: unknown (older than 80) but looks in her late 20s

Date of Birth: Feb 12, 1923

Appearance: Long black hair, Black, brown eyes, strong family resemblance to her granddaughter Zoe

Job: traveller of the realms

Family: son, Hammond, dead in 2000; grandchildren: Jason and Zoe; great-grandchild Brooke


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