About the Author
Michelle Melton
Michelle Melton writes gritty paranormal suspense about what we inherit, what we hide, and what it costs to survive. A former crime-and-courts journalist and a friend of Bill’s since 2004, she writes like a survivor who’s stared down her own demons and learned which shadows hide real danger. Themes of recovery run through all of her books. The Sickness of Secrets, the first book in The Borrowing Series, is her debut novel. Michelle believes the most powerful force, supernatural or otherwise, is the courage to break generational cycles and choose a different path.
In her stories, secrets don’t just corrode families — they can become a murder weapon, and healing often begins when a character chooses honesty and steps into the light.
“Recovery and the unseen have more in common than most people think — both require humility, daily practice, and courageous truth-telling.”
A former print journalist who covered the crime and courts beat, Michelle brings an investigator’s eye to page-turning, character-driven suspense. She is also an Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach with certifications in fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, and has spent three decades as a professional writer, writing coach, and strategic communicator.
If you’re interested in Michelle’s book coaching services, go here.
Michelle lives in the Midwest with her husband and her golden retriever. She has three grown children, a son-in-law, and—at this writing—two grandchildren. She loves to travel, both the kind with airplanes and hotels and the glamping kind that happens in her RV. You can email her at michelle@bymichellemelton.com. She reads all her emails and responds as often as possible.
Book Coach
Author Accelerator Certified — fiction, nonfiction, and memoir.
Journalist
A former print journalist who covered the crime and courts beat.
Three Decades
A professional writer, writing coach, and strategic communicator.
Published in pacificREVIEW, Jane Friedman’s blog, Mamalode, The Good Men Project, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.