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About Joel Elferink / Eighth Chamber Press

Joel is an author, artist, and actor whose work blurs the boundaries between mediums. The Untold Realms series began as visual art before evolving into story, with every illustration, scene break, and piece of design crafted by Joel. personally.

His debut, Untold Realms: The Breaking of the Tide, invites readers into a lyrical fantasy where silence holds its own power, memory shapes identity, and transformation comes at a cost. With a background in performance and visual storytelling, Joel creates worlds that are not only read, but seen and felt.

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Biography

Joel Elferink is an Australian living in London for the past eighteen years, where he has built a career on stage and screen. He has appeared in major West End and touring productions, as well as on film and television—most recently in Jurassic World Dominion (Universal) as Jeffrey, Wreck Season 2 (BBC) as Steve, Nightsleeper (BBC), and The Girlfriend Experience (Amazon Prime), among others.

For decades, psychics and friends alike told him he was destined to write. Joel finally listened—after twenty years of performing—when he decided to channel his storytelling energy into a different form. The result is Untold Realms: The Breaking of the Tide, a fantasy work that began as art and blossomed into prose.

Still the artist behind every brushstroke and scene break, Joel carries his actor’s eye for emotion and nuance into his writing. His characters breathe with depth, his worlds pulse with atmosphere, and his visual imagination shapes every page. With Untold Realms, Joel brings together all facets of his craft—actor, artist, and author—in a singular creative tapestry.

Other Information

Untold Realms: The Breaking of the Tide is the first in a visionary fantasy series. In its pages, forgotten chambers awaken, tides whisper with prophecy, and one unlikely hero must cross thresholds that test memory, identity, and belonging. Born from art and expanded into prose, the book is both visually striking and emotionally resonant—a compact epic where every page carries weight.

Themes & Relevance

  • Identity & Belonging: Exploring what it means to find one’s place across shifting realms.
  • Memory & Transformation: How the past holds power, and how silence can shape destiny.
  • Pride & Representation: A story that embraces diversity and celebrates identity in all its forms.

Assets Available

  • High-resolution cover images (front / full wrap)
  • Author headshots (portrait / candid)
  • Eighth Chamber Press logo
  • Sample artwork from Untold Realms
  • Special Edition Pride-themed art print (promo magnet)

Contact Info

For interviews, review requests, or media inquiries:

📧 untoldstudio11@gmail.com

🌐 www.eighthchamberpress.com

📱 @theuntoldrealms 

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