When she’s not reading, Melissa writes all kinds of things: poems, software manuals, stories, and articles, and has been a technical writer since 2005. She grew up in the small town of Four Oaks, North Carolina and as a result, has a deep love of North Carolina and the rural South. She graduated from East Carolina University in 2003 with a B.A. in Creative Writing. She and her husband live in Raleigh, NC with their goofy corgi, Oliver.