About the Author

Steven Wendland has been a gold miner, tree planter, and vacuum cleaner salesman, but spends most of his time as a development executive in the animation industry. He ran Technicolor's Content Business for nearly a decade, during which time he developed the hit series The Deep for the BBC. He story-edited a book series of the same name for Bloomsbury, and has been nominated for a BAFTA and an EMMY for his producing and directing efforts.

He splits his identity between Los Angeles and Vancouver. And, just to keep readers guessing, writes under his middle names, Richard Kiehr.

Wendland was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, and moved to Los Angeles with his wife and daughter in 2008.

The TellTale Lie was inspired by a love of history, travel and Tintin comic books.