Lead Instructor Jennifer Lawler teaches many of the Club Ed classes, handles most curriculum development, and answers a LOT of emails.

Instructor Shelley Egan teaches Beginning and Intermediate Developmental Editing classes.

Shelley is a freelance editor who specializes in editing fiction. Her credentials include a bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s degree in education, a publishing certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University, and a Club Ed Certificate in the Developmental Editing of Fiction.

A former Hansard editor and college/university instructor, Shelley is an enthusiastic lifelong learner who thrives on professional development. She is an Editors Canada member and volunteer.

Amy Acosta (she/they) is a self-taught, full time graphic designer and mixed media artist born, raised, and based in Puerto Rico. Their creative mind and instincts for color and composition landed her a job with Entangled Publishing’s art department where she now designs eye-catching ads, clever PR box designs, and merchandise for all sorts of books, including NYT bestsellers like Fourth Wing, Assistant to the Villain, and Five Broken Blades.

Amy creates the social media graphics for Club Ed.

Assistant Extraordinaire Jenny Raith runs the backend of Club Ed and is our go-to SEO expert. Reach her behind-the-scenes by email—clubedresortdirector@gmail.com.

Talk mysteries with her at Cozy Mystery Bookshop or converse about anything marketing-related via email (jenny@jennyraith.com).

Human Resources Consultant and Organizational Development Expert Donya Williams helps our team grow.

Website Designer Carol Stambaugh makes the site beautiful. She has been creating WordPress websites for 15 years.

She is passionate about the WordPress open-source project and has volunteered with the WordPress community for over twelve years. She is the lead organizer of the Arizona WordPress meetup group events, teaching WordPress to the public.

James Gallagher teaches editing horror for Club Ed.

James is the owner of Castle Walls Editing and the editor of more than 350 manuscripts for indie authors and publishers such as Hachette Book Group, Random House, Catapult, and Thomas & Mercer.

He performs developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading, and he particularly enjoys working on horror and romance.

He can be reached at james@castlewallsediting.com