Melissa Baker

Melissa Baker is an award-winning author, filmmaker, educator, and wellbeing advocate whose books explore resilience, trauma recovery, and the power of hope. Drawing from lived experience and frontline service, her writing blends raw honesty with emotional depth, offering readers both comfort and courage. Mel's storytelling spans memoir, advocacy, and creative non-fiction, always grounded in integrity and care. Her work invites readers to reclaim their truth, honour their journey, and live with purpose.

The first book in her Bridge trilogy, Sleeping Under the Bridge, inspired the award-winning short film Say My Name, co-written and produced by Mel. The second instalment, Building the Bridge, is a raw, cinematic, and ultimately inspiring true story of one woman's unbreakable determination to transform trauma into a lifeline for others. It's being praised as one of her most powerful works: "A touching memoir." "Powerful. Honest. Deeply felt."