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Melanie Jennings’ award-winning fiction has appeared in numerous publications including Crab Orchard Review, Crab Creek Review, Redwood Coast Review, and Oregon Literary Review. Her poetry has appeared in In the Grove and the Texas Poetry Calendar 2004, and her freelance writing in Dagger, Willamette Week, Writers Monthly, and ChickLit. Her short story collection, My Ass is Taking Over the World and Other Love Stories, was a semifinalist for the Hudson Prize, a national contest sponsored by Black Lawrence Press.

Melanie has been awarded fellowships from the Espy Foundation, Jentel, and the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley. She earned an MFA from Mills College and a doctorate in American Literature from UC San Diego.

She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and mini-Poodle-mix, Pickle.

Melanie Jennings, writer