Hello! I’m Melanie, middle grade author, and former copywriter, travel writer, and magazine editor.
Originally from Wiltshire, I left the UK twenty-five years ago and have since lived in Indonesia, Vietnam, Albania, Georgia, Hong Kong, and Spain. No surprises then, that I love books about geographical identity, motherland, outsiders, and language. I’ve spent most of my life in someone else’s homeland.
Much of my writing (and photography) has been for corporate clients, but fun stuff has appeared in DestinAsian, Venture, Action Asia, Travel + Leisure, The Jakarta Post, The Jakarta Globe, Georgia Today, and Tuttle Publishing.
I’m currently writing my debut children’s novel.
RECOGNITION ALONG THE WAY
Winner: Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025
Second place: Yeovil Literary Prize, 2024
BOOKSTAGRAM
A few books I’m excited about reading soon…
Sally Jones and the False Rose by Jakob Wegelius
The Whisperwisks 2 by Jordan Lees
One Pair of Feet by Monica Dickens
One Quartet in Autumn by Barbara Pym
Mr Fox by Barbara Comyns
A Life’s Work by Rachel Cusk
If you fancy reading any of these with me, let me know on Instagram!