Wonderword Team

Meet our remarkable team, a synergy of talent and dedication. United in purpose, our diverse individuals bring creativity and innovation to life. Together, we’re a force, each shining uniquely, weaving a story of collaboration and success. Explore and discover the magic behind our collective excellence!

Sophie Ouellet

Sophie is David’s lovely and talented wife. She created the book about U.S Presidents and co-created the 2nd edition of the Celebrities book. She has learned to make grids and is very creative.

Linda Boragina

Linda started working with David in 1995 while studying in the BA program at York University. She has 2 beautiful children and a wonderful husband. She started as David’s assistant and helped make grids and is now editor. She also responds to all our fans personally and make sure that everyone gets that personal touch.

Rita Mancini

Rita has been with our team for some time. She is the jane-of-all-trades preparing vocabularies and puzzles for Wonderword, working for her own family business and being a full time homemaker.

Angela Ciotola

Angela is Proud mother of 3, Angela is busy creating vocabularies for WONDERWORD. She is very dedicated, loyal and punctual. She never misses a deadline and we are happy to have her on our team. She also works full time for the local school board.

Melissa Ciotola

Melissa is the daughter of our very own Angela Ciotola, just joined our team. Melissa loves to research, so it was fitting to get her to create lists for us. She is currently at York University majoring in Kinesiology & Health Science as well as Education.

Ariana Cutrone

Ariana is the newest member of our team,attends Ryerson University majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in English. She has joined our team this summer to help organize our archive collections.

Sue Tarantella

Sue is involved in social media to build our presence on the internet. She is also managing our Canadian Bookstore. Sue and Linda have known each other since grade school and work well together. Sue previously worked for David in the travel industry as a manager from 1995 to 2005. She has been doing theme […]

Network Management

Manjit Singh

Manjit is the manages our hardware and network both on-site and in the cloud. Manjit comes from Punjab, India and has been doing this type of work constantly for 31 years. We highly recommend him.

Syndication And Books

Clint Hooker

Clint is the WONDERWORD Editor at our syndicate, Andrews McMeel Syndication. He has a degree in English from the University of Kansas. Clint is the last person in the long line who check the puzzles for possible errors. He’s a big sports enthusiast who had his heart broken when the Kansas City Royals lost the […]

Christina Craver

Christina is Director of special projects for Andrews McMeel Syndication. She supervises the production and distribution of Wonderword books. Christina went to Truman State in Kirksville, MO. and has a BS in Graphic Arts and Photography.

Diana Neuwirth

Diana is the newest member of the WonderWord team in Kansas City. She also handles book orders by phone, mail and online. Diana has a BS in Science the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Joyce Mott

Joyce Mott editor Emerita was the syndicate’s Editor of WONDERWORD for over 20 years and taught David a thing or two. Since taking retirement, she continues to work as Editor of the WONDERWORD Treasury and Volume books. She hates mistakes! She has a degree in English from the University of Missouri.

BreAnn Dunlap

BreAnn is the newest member of the WonderWord team in Kansas City. She also handles book orders by phone, mail and online.