Melissa Burke

Melissa Burke (28) lives in Massachusetts with her family (including her 2 chickens). She is a pet sitter, a shift captain at her local animal shelter and a volunteer at Buttonwood Park Zoo.

Melissa has been living with depression/bipolar disorder, ADHD, an on-and-off eating disorder, OCD and anxiety for most of her life, and now PTSD as well. With some of her books, she tries to shine light on mental illness to show not only what life is like for people suffering from it, but also to show that people with mental illness aren't crazy. She establishes these ideas most prominently in her third book "The Darkness And The Light" which consists of personal journal entries from 2010-2014 with a few poems in between. She's helped a few people so far and hopes to continue to do so. Though she is on the path to recovery, it's a slow and bumpy process with a few relapses along the way. But she tells people to stay strong and never lose hope, and she's trying to do so with herself.

"Poetry and Short Stories by a Bipolar Girl" was her first book, published in 2012. She then published another book in 2013, "It's Just One Of Those Days" and in 2014, "The Darkness and the Light" was published. Finally her most recent book was published in January of 2015, called "46".

Since a young age Melissa dreamed of becoming a published author and many years later that dream finally came true. Never give up on your dreams - though they may take years to achieve, dreams are never impossible and you never know what you will accomplish if you keep trying.

You can contact Melissa by email at m_burke92@yahoo.com

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