Edward (Ted) Demorest is an author and teacher whose passion is film, theatre, aviation and travel. A graduate of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Ted studied film and continued his studies attending the Summer Institute of Film and Television. Throughout his teaching career, he was involved in technical theatre and the cinematic experience.
Ted’s personal experiences and travels provide the foundation for his writing. His genealogical search of his families’ Huguenot roots, while teaching in Europe, lead to the screenplay The Reliquary. Harvard Down, an original novel, is available on Amazon Kindle.
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Harvard Down – Original Novel
Harvard Down Original NovelFrom the moment a mysterious package arrives on Amelia Edward's doorstep, her life is turned upside down. A large inheritance is hers, if only she can unravel a tragic mystery of war-time intrigue, but the days are fast running out on the statute of limitations. Then her ailing mother provides a lead that defies Amelia's very being.
A young lady is shocked to discover that her ‘mother’ is really her aunt and her mother’s disappearance during WW II is keeping her from collecting a huge inheritance.
Now available as a screenplay.
The Reliquary – Original Screenplay
The Reliquary Original ScreenplayThe Reliquary is an historical thriller set in NYC, with a plot that thrills like an intricate mystery while shocking you about the dangers of the plague as it exists today. An amateur genealogist uncovers an old relic, retrieved from his ancestor grave which contains a deadly batch of bubonic plague.
N.Y.C. bound terrorists seize deadly spores from an ancient relic as the amateur genealogist who found them races to cure his son from the same disease.
Unique traits: Writer, teacher, Electronic Technician
Harvard Down Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama Logline: A determined young woman sets out to uncover the truth about her grandmother’s mysterious disappearance, only to stumble upon a web of military secrets and a fateful scandal.
Call Me Sonya Budget: $100K - $1M | Historical ⋄ War LOGLINE: In the quiet Cotswold countryside, a quiet, dark-haired housewife and mother, steals British atomic secrets for Russia, while being stalked by Britain’s top MI5 Communist spy hunter.
The Reliquary Budget: $100K - $1M | Drama ⋄ Crime Reliquary: A amateur genealogist fights to save his son from a rare plague using an unproven genetic manipulation, while trying to keep the pathogens from falling into the hands of white nationalists.
Queen's University
(1990-1993)