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Today I signed a book contract with DarkWinter Press for my psychological crime thriller 'The Profiler's Shadow'.

My protagonist is a profiler who is brilliant at getting inside a killer's head. But what happens when the killer is already inside hers?

This coming November (just a couple of weeks away), I will enter the last stretch of seeing my debut thriller published through Dark Winter Press. It's going to be a wild ride, but I am determined to make 'THE PROFILER's Shadow' the number one queer psychological crime thriller in Canada.

Hello friends, I'm building an email list on my website to send updates to those interested in my debut novel, 'The Profiler's Shadow'. www.joellecirce.ca

Changed my debut psychological crime thriller's title to 'THE PROFILER'S SHADOW'.

I have a publisher for my debut psychological queer crime thriller. I'd be even happier if a literary agent would step in to represent me. #transauthor #transthriller #debutnovel #seriespotential #hiagent #messageme #queenofmyniche #therainbowkiller

ANNOUNCEMENT! Dark Winter Press will release my debut thriller, The Rainbow Killer, in November 2026.

Tagline for my second dark psychological thriller, THE ZEALOT: A chilling descent into the heart of religious extremism, where faith becomes a weapon and the past refuses to stay buried.

I am super happy to announce that Dark Winter Press, a Canadian publisher, liked The Rainbow Killer and wants to publish it. Now, I need to clean up the manuscript and polish it in the coming months. The book is expected to be published by October 2026.

Am I the only transgender woman psychological thriller writer in all of Canada? #seekingcommunity #lonely #transwriter #transthrillers

I attended two panels yesterday and enjoyed them. I'm really looking forward to today, when I get to sit in on two or maybe three talks (if I have the energy). #MontrealMystery #MontrealMystere #panels #anxietybedamned

Received a full manuscript request from a publisher. #alldigitscrosed #feelinggood #transwriter #tranditionalwithatwist #psychologicalthriller #canadiantransauthor

I look forward to attending the Montreal/Mystery Book Festival, May 23-24. montrealmystery.weebly.com

More pitches: Even in rural Québec, Mary Dubois isn’t safe from a vengeful serial killer. The LGBTQ+ community is in danger when a serial killer targets them—and transgender profiler Mary Dubois.

Pitches: When Silence of the Lambs and Big Skies meet. A serial killer murders LGBTQ+ people to taunt his profiler half-sibling. PTSD forced her to quit, and a half-sibling serial killer brought her back to profiling.

Received a request for a partial.

Going to the Montreal/Mystery book festival, May 23-24. Would love to meet up with other attendees. #firsttime #thrillerwriter #queertranswomanwriter

Would you read a thriller written by a trans woman whose heroine is a trans woman profiler? #transthrillers #transstories #transauthor #TheRainbowKilleraMaryDuboisThriller #Se7enmeetsRedDragon #needanagent #partofaseries

MS polishing is done. Now working up the courage to send off query letters to potential agents. #queerthriller #transthriller #TheRainbowKiller

The protagonist of my thriller is a trans woman who happens to identify as lesbian, more specifically, the femme spectrum. #transfemme #transrepresentation #transheroine

At work on my second novel. #transwriter #transnovel #transthriller #crimethriller

Me, to a tee!

I wanted to leave everyone with a snippet, two paragraphs, of the thriller I'm still polishing. I'd love to hear back from you. #transwriter #transthriller #translives #maryduboisthriller www.joellecirce.ca/blog/nsc91ny...

To be clear; I am not looking for book promoters or marketers for my novel. So, please don't waste your or my time with sales pitches. Not interested!

Did all I could with my first thriller. It presently sits at 86,400 words. #firstnovelat69 #natureornurture #transheroine #transwriter #transnovel #transthriller

Polishing the manuscript on my first thriller. Trans woman profiler up against a serial killer, a bigoted police officer, and the return of her ex-lover. #transthriller #transwriter #therainbowkiller #firstnovel