Melissa Connelly dropped out of high school at age fifteen. Despite this, she went on to receive a BSN in nursing, an MA in special education, and an MFA in creative writing. She’s had a long career working with children in a range of different roles in schools, hospitals, psychiatric clinics and daycares.
Publications include American Heritage Magazine and the anthology, It’s All About Shoes, by Plain View Press. In 2019 she was a finalist for the Montana Prize. Her flash fiction, Go Go Girl, published by Ruminations magazine, was nominated for “Best Small Fictions Anthology” for 2022.
After a lifetime of writing, her first novel, What Was Lost was published in October 2024.
She has a home in the mountains of Western North Carolina but lives most of the year in Brooklyn, New York.
