Melissa Caughey

Melissa is the award winning, bestselling author and creative force behind her multi-award winning blog, Tilly's Nest. Since 2012, Melissa has been been sharing backyard chicken keeping, beekeeping, gardening, art projects and her culinary talents. She has worked for HGTV, DIY Network, Angie's List, Grit Magazine, Community Chickens and Keeping Backyard Bees. She also presents on a variety of topics at both public and private events including Country Living Magazine Fairs, Mother Earth News Fairs and Purina Animal Science Headquarters. Melissa has been featured on NPR and in People Magazine, Reader's Digest, Forbe's Magazine, Country Living Magazine and Better Homes and Gardens Magazine. Her book, A Kid's Guide to Keeping Chickens won the Learning Magazine Teacher's Choice Award and the American Academy for the Advancement of Science's Prize for Excellence in Science Books. How to Speak Chicken, was named as a Best Bird and Birding Books by Forbes Magazine and was awarded Silver in the Foreward INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Pets and Animals Category. Her latest book, is How to Read a Chicken's Mind. When not creating, Melissa works as a nurse practitioner with a focus in gerontology. She lives on Cape Cod.