ABOUT JOELLE STEELE

Joelle Steele launched her first website, joellesteele.com, on Monday, August 15, 1994. She is a high-IQ (186) polymath. She has a BA in Language Arts (a double-major in English and Linguistics) from California State University-East Bay. She has an Associate in Arts from Santa Monica College, and also has Vocational Certificates in Ornamental Horticulture and Interior Design. She received a summer scholarship in French from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. She had nine years of private art and music instruction while growing up. She has a working proficiency in speaking and writing Spanish and French; and an elementary reading ability in Italian, Swedish, and Latin. In addition to her freelance work, she has founded, bought, co-owned, and sold a variety of small businesses since 1975. She loves reading, watching international TV, gardening, hiking, painting, and photography. Joelle was born in San Francisco, California, grew up in Monterey, and lived in Los Angeles and again in Monterey, before relocating to Washington state in 2005, where she lives in a beautiful forested neighborhood with her husband and two cats.

RÉSUMÉ HIGHLIGHTS

1973-pres. Author-writer of: 64+ books (34 still in print, fiction and non-fiction); 800+ articles; 60+ short stories; several co-writes and contributing chapters; nine Q&A advice columns; and numerous works for hire, poems, lyrics, ad copy, jingles, speeches, interviews; and a wide variety of reports for corporations and government entities. Began self-publishing her books in 2004.

1973-pres. Genealogist and family historian (professionally since 1983). Specializing in online research using 80+ websites to verify lineage and break through "dead ends" in client genealogies. Also writing, editing, and typesetting genealogical histories in book and PDF form for clients (40+ to date). For five years, was a volunteer editor and typesetter for the newsletter of the Swedish-Finn Historical Society.

1983-pres. Adjunct faculty at 12 colleges and also specialty training seminars in California and Washington state. Teaching only genealogy and writing/publishing as of 2024. Previously taught: HTML/CSS, web design, holistic cat care, interior landscape, landscape design, floral arrangements, advertising and marketing for small business, watercolor painting, make a living as an artist, introduction to astrology, herbal medicine, small business management, writing poetry, résumé writing, writing short stories, legal writing, face and ear identification, and forgery detection.

1980-pres. Court-certified expert in face and ear identification; forgery detection (professionally since 1983); and the usual and customary practices in the landscape industry.

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1988-2024 Typesetter of fiction and non-fiction books for others.

1983-2024 Wrote and sold 100+ small business contract templates (first as forms by mail order, then by email as attachments, and later as downloads).

1973-2024. Artist, designer/illustrator, photographer, digital photo restorer. Designed ads, brochures, logos, signs, and book and CD covers.

1972-2024 Astrologer specializing in career and life purpose.

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2006-2016 Owner, landscape design business.

1983-2010 Owner, employment referral service and quality control inspection service for the interior landscape industry.

1983-2006 Publisher of books and six small press periodicals, including two for the horticultural industry. Volunteer editor and publisher for newsletters of non-profit groups.

1983-2010 Owner, employment referral and quality control inspection services for the interior landscape industry.

1975-2005 Editor of 200+ books, articles, and theses.

1986-1995 Landscape designer, co-owner of landscape business, consultant to the interior and exterior landscape industry.

1984-1995 Owner, property management business.

1983-1995 Speaker at conferences and via semi-annual lecture circuits, speaking on interiorscape and landscape topics, small press publishing, and astrology.

1981-1993 Private art instruction for ages 12 and up.

1980-1984 Interior landscaper and floral designer.

1977-1979 Part-time and temp work.

1975-1977 VP and creative director for international book publisher.

1975-1977 Music producer and co-owner of recording studio.

1970-1973 Senior illustrator and copywriter for advertising agency.