Charlotte Jones Voiklis

Charlotte Jones Voiklis is Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter and executor of her estate. With more than 20 years of experience navigating publishing and catalog management, she is a principal at Tesser Well Consulting and a lead producer of the musical adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, premiering at Arena Stage in Summer 2025.

She is the co-author with Jennifer Adams of A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (October 2022), a picture book biography illustrated by Adelina Lirius; and, with her sister, Léna Roy, of Becoming Madeleine (2018), a biography for middle grade readers.

She wrote the afterword to the 50th Anniversary edition of A Wrinkle in Time, and the introduction to The Moment of Tenderness (2020), a collection of short stories.Charlotte has also written and spoken extensively about her grandmother’s work to a variety of audiences.

With a PhD in Comparative Literature, Charlotte’s professional experience spans teaching, fundraising, communications, and grant making. She has also volunteered as a mediator in the New York City court system, and coached police officers on mediation skills. Charlotte lives in New York and Connecticut with her husband and has two grown children.

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Email: charlotte@tesserwell.com