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Behind the Scenes
Glen Mitchell, author
Glen Mitchell, author of “A Bad Penny
Always Come Back,” was born and raised in Oklahoma in
a musical household. After graduation from college, he pursued
a professional music career that included both performing
and writing songs. He later joined a family medical device
company and subsequently met his future wife, Carmel, a Registered
Nurse, when she attended a workshop that Glen was leading.
During one of their visits to Windsor, Ontario, Carmel’s
hometown, Glen heard the story of “Bad Penny”
and “Operation Manna.”
“When I first heard the story, it immediately
struck me as being a children’s book. My first inclination
was to locate a suitable author and convince them to write
the story. After a few years of not finding an author, I decided
to give it a try myself. I guess my previous experience in
song writing played a big part in my writing the book.”
“A Bad Penny Always Comes Back”
is Glen’s first book.
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Kristen
Gallerneaux, illustrator
Kristen Gallerneaux was born in a small southwestern
Ontario town, then made her home in the Windsor/Detroit area
for several years to pursue her Honours BFA in Printmaking.
She has a strong commitment to historical preservation, choosing
to work under the guise of “artist as archivist” with
common themes being folk culture, superstition, and 1940s
industrial processes.
“I’m honoured to have been
part of such an important project as “A Bad Penny Always
Comes Back,” and to have had the chance to collaborate
with such a naturally capable author as Glen. The opportunity
to preserve such an important moment in history, realize
it, and to make it accessible for a young audience has been
a wonderful feeling.”
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Walkerville Publishing,
publishers
Established in 1998, Walkerville Publishing
is a multi-disciplined traditional and new media publishing
house servicing the Windsor/Detroit market. Capabilities include
graphic design, copy writing and editing,
media relations, and corporate marketing and communication
strategies in addition to book publishing for authors choosing
to self-publishing. Owned and operated by Chris Edwards,
M.A., and Elaine Weeks, B.A., the agency is also known for
its unique Windsor history periodical, The TIMES Magazine,
launched as the Walkerville Times in March, 1999.
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