Melissa Eatherington

Melissa (Mel) Eatherington was born and raised in North Carolina, and has an abiding love for both the Crystal Coast and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Mel is both poet and abstract artist (alcohol inks). When not writing or painting, she can be found reading, crafting, singing, swimming, or restoring antique sewing machines. Melissa is currently working on her fifth and sixth poetry collections, a children's book series, and a YA novel about dragons and the formative power of myth.