Melissa Martin Ellis

Melissa Martin-Ellis is a widely-published author, photographer and artist.

She is the author of five nonfiction books: THE INSIDER'S NEWPORT GUIDE, THE EVERYTHING GUIDE TO WRITING GRAPHIC NOVELS, THE EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK, 101 WAYS TO FIND A GHOST, and two editions of the best-selling THE EVERYTHING GHOST HUNTING BOOK.

She designed and illustrated BEECOMING SOPHIE, a graphic novel dealing with ways to combat the extinction of the honey bee.

Melissa's artwork and photography have been featured in numerous New England exhibits and galleries, as well as in print media accompanying articles in the Redwood Review, Newport This Week, Newport Life Magazine, The Boston Globe, Horseman's Yankee Peddler, The Newport Round Table Anthology and Balancing The Tides.

For over 12 years she was the founder and moderator of the Newport Round Table, the longest-running writing workshop in Rhode Island.

With her husband Mark Ellis, Melissa has collaborated on numerous graphic novel projects, including DEATH HAWK: THE COMPLETE SAGA, THE MISKATONIC PROJECT: H.P. LOVECRAFT'S THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS, MR. HOLMES & DR. WATSON: THEIR STRANGEST CASES, THE JUSTICE MACHINE: OBJECT OF POWER, NOSFERATU: SOVEREIGN OF TERROR and KING SOLOMON'S MINES: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL.

Melissa and Mark live in rural Ireland.

Please look for her on Facebook at:www.facebook.com/melissamartinellis.