A graduate of Graphic Design and Illustration at Capilano College, Wakelin lives in Vancouver and has illustrated A Pod of Orcas (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002; 2006) by Sheryl McFarlane and When They Are Up (F&H 2003), co-written by Richard Thompson and Maggee Spicer. For ages 4-to-8, Pig in the Middle (Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2004) was illustrated by Wakelin and written by her mother Sally Fitz-Gibbon of Bowen Island.

[BCBW 2006] "Illustration"