Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr is best known as the author of the Wicked Lovely series, but she does other things as well.

Selected Bibliography:
 * The Wicked Lovely series:
 * Wicked Lovely
 * Ink Exchange
 * Fragile Eternity
 * Radiant Shadows
 * Darkest Mercy
 * Faery Tales and Nightmares (anthology, released 2012)
 * Various poetry
 * Short stories for various anthologies:
 * Love Struck
 * Two Lines
 * Wicked Lovely spin-off manga, Desert tales:
 * Sanctuary
 * Challenge
 * Resolve
 * Graveminder

Melissa's biography is fairly well-known: She was voted 'most likely to end up in jail' in highschool, but instead became a teacher. Over the years she has had various jobs, from barmaid to part-time archaelogist, and has continued teaching and writing along the way. She has a widely-known love of tattoos, and travels around the country with her spouse and two children. She is a pagan.

Fun fact: her favorite color is purple.

Associated Tropes

 * Creator Worship (Many fans think she is just about the coolest person alive. Justified since she talks to the fans a lot via the forums.)
 * Doing It for the Art
 * A Father to His Men (fans call her 'Aunt Melissa', and she does spoil them somewhat.)
 * I Just Write the Thing
 * One of Us (Notably a fan of American Gods and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, references to which appear in Stopping Time.)
 * Perky Goth
 * Word of God (Lots of it.)