Melissa first discovered Pride & Prejudice at the age of eleven when her aunt was recording the BBC miniseries from TV to VHS and that, as they say, was that. This led her to the novel which, in turn, led to the discovery of Jane Austen's other excellent works, Persuasion being her favorite. She stumbled upon the genre of JAFF in 2019 and was hooked. After reading so many variations and imagining storylines of her own, she began writing them down and, for the first time, discovered her passion in life.

Melissa lives in Alaska with her husband of sixteen years--a very real Darcy without the obscene wealth--their five children, and a great behemoth of a dog, Knightley. When not reading or writing, which is not very often, Melissa enjoys camping in the wild Alaskan frontier, baking, yoga-ing...yoging...doing yoga, and riding her motorcycle in the most beautiful place on earth. And sleeping. Sleeping is the best.

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