About Elaine Wagner Elaine J. Wagner is Ojibwe and was born in Manitoba. Elaine worked for many First Nations organizations before she retired and started writing, Meshom and the Little One is her first book. Elaine currently lives in Kelowna, BC. Books by Elaine Wagner Racin' Jason by (author) Elaine Wagner illustrated by Janet Kaszonyi Meshom and the Little One Revised Edition by (author) Elaine Wagner illustrated by Marie-Micheline Hamelin