Despite her father’s anxiety that art college was preparing her for a career waiting tables, Raelinda Woad has been a full time working artist for 20 years.

She began in jewelry in the 1980’s working her way up from bead sorter to jewelry maker’s assistant.

On New Years Eve of 1989 Raelinda had a chocolate induced vision: Become a storyteller! Two years later she was sharing her 'true stories that haven't quite happened yet' with coffeehouse audiences across New England. This led her to create and host StoryLAB, a storytelling concert series in Harvard Square's legendary Club Passim.

In the early 90's Raelinda combined her love of storytelling with her skill as a jewelry designer. The result was Storyteller Jewelry, a line of wearable books with her own coffeehouse stories hidden inside.

Raelinda now has several lines of miniature book jewelry available. She has also recorded two CD's of her stories, "The Night We Turned Ourselves Back Into Mermaids," and “Some Assembly Required.”

She is currently finishing up her first magic-clever adventure novel, 'Icinghead The Cupcake Fairy.'