The Tellwell Team

With an insatiable appetite for reading and an honours degree in English literature, Mitchel is your guide to the world of self-publishing. Whether you are looking for worldwide distribution or… (more)

Scott has worked in marketing and sales for some very recognizable sports apparel brands, most recently acting as the district sales manager for Western Canada. Writing has always been his… (more)

Jennifer has a background in both the corporate and nonprofit worlds. Prior to coming to Tellwell she worked with nonprofits and social entrepreneurs around the world to help them bring… (more)

Alison brings to the Tellwell team ten years of professional publishing, writing, and editing experience. She has worked as an editor and project manager in trade and educational publishing houses,… (more)

Simon came to Tellwell after ten years spent supporting clients of all ages and backgrounds while delivering a variety of high quality projects in the non-profit and recreation sectors. … (more)

With seven years of professional editing experience, Jen applies her well-honed language skills, imagination, and intuitive sense of story to her work. Jen's teaching background in elementary and adult education… (more)

The youngest son of a linguist with forty-seven unique dictionaries on his shelf, Simon’s excavation of the English language was mandated almost at conception. Mercifully, it all stuck, as a… (more)

Writing should always keep the readers in mind. Lose that, and the focus of the book goes sideways. This is the core of Rachel’s approach as an editor. She teases… (more)

Lara comes to Tellwell with fourteen years' experience working for a major international book publisher, first as a proofreader and then as an editor. While she specializes in editing romance,… (more)

With more than 10 years in the independent publishing business, Darin has helped hundreds of authors say what they mean in their books. He believes that words matter and does… (more)

Since coming to Vancouver Island eight years ago, Warren has worked as a freelance editor, ghostwriter, and illustrator. His clients have included unpublished, self-published, and traditionally published authors, and he… (more)

Helen has been a writer/editor for 25+ years. With a background in communications she has had the opportunity to write and edit a wide variety of material, including creative content,… (more)

With experience editing fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly writing, Lauren has turned her passion for words into a job that she loves. Her background in English literature and professional communication has… (more)

Rebecca has worked as a freelance editor for three years. Her research, writing and editing skills have been developed through two bachelor’s degrees, one master’s degree, and in previous roles… (more)

A child of the 80's, from Ontario, Canada, Stefanie spent most of her days with her head in her books, absorbing and adapting a broad range of skills and establishing… (more)

Sheng-Mei graduated from Simon Fraser University with a degree in Interactive Arts and Design with dual majors in Design and Media. Sheng-Mei specializes in photomanipulation and digital illustration ranging from… (more)

I Cenizal has illustrated numerous of Children's books for authors around the world. She is infatuated with rhymes and has loved to draw ever since she was a kid. At… (more)

Bonnie Lemaire began her career as a freelance illustrator with her first promotional postcard in 1989. She graduated from Ontario College of Art’s communication and design program in 1992 and… (more)

Terri-Lynn (TL) Papagiannis was born and raised on the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. TL attended Camosun College where she received a Diploma in Visual Arts before continuing… (more)

Working out of her studio at home in beautiful British Columbia, Sakshi is naturally drawn to toward the fascinating world of children’s book illustration where bold colours and scribbly lines inspire her… (more)

Rob jumped head first into the deep end of the inky pool of Freelance illustration just under a quarter century ago and has not looked back yet, for fear of… (more)

Mar is a Argentinian illustrator currently based in Buenos Aires. Her main fields of illustration are children’s books (her great passion) and generally any inspiring project. Mar has been working… (more)

Monica has more than 20 years experience in storytelling, journalism, and marketing. She leads Tellwell’s book marketing department, developing and growing marketing outreach services and helping authors effectively market their… (more)

Katie’s marketing experience began during her time working for an international real estate company, but her love for reading started from a young age. Her focus and specialty is in… (more)

Chelsea has worked in marketing and communications for over a decade. Her career spans the hospitality and tourism industry to post-secondary institutions; and, most recently, the start-up industry. She’s held… (more)

Angela joins the Tellwell team with a background in marketing, social media and public relations, and has been in the industry for nearly five years. From an agency that represents… (more)

Colleen joined Tellwell with 20 years of experience in customer service, sales, marketing and business. Additionally, she has an entrepreneurial background that includes launching and operating two businesses, one in… (more)

Tyler is a part-time marketing consultant with Tellwell. He has a bachelor's degree in history and English, and a master's degree in history. He has a strong writing and media… (more)

Kevin has been building software since teaching himself programming on the family's home computer at a young age. He previously designed and developed ChapterLab, a specialty word processing and project… (more)