Melissa Face

Melissa Face is the award-winning author of I Love You More Than Coffee: Essays on Parenthood (September 2020) and I Love You More Than Coffee: A Guided Journal for Moms (forthcoming, 2022). Her writing has appeared in numerous local and national publications, including The Myrtle Beach Herald, Guideposts, Country Woman, Farm & Ranch Living, Prairie Times, Richmond Family Magazine, Tidewater Family Magazine, Boomer Magazine, Sasee Magazine, Nine Lives: A Life in Ten Minutes Anthology, Parhelion Literary Magazine, Scary Mommy, Motherscope, and twenty-five volumes of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Coastal Carolina University and a Master of Arts in human resources development from Webster University. Melissa holds teaching certifications in English, special education and gifted education and is a proud member of James River Writers and Hampton Roads Writers.

Currently, Melissa teaches world literature at the Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology. She chronicles more of her life with her husband and two children in Virginia, on Facebook @MelissaFaceWrites and on Instagram @melissafacewrites.

Melissa welcomes readers to follow her blog at melissaface.com.

Praise for I Love You More Than Coffee:

"Warm, wise, and easy to read, this collection of essays is a primer for parenthood that will charm your soul."

-Karen Schwartzkopf, editor, Richmond Family Magazine

"...Melissa normalizes the bad days and shares her joy in the best parts of motherhood. I cried, I laughed, and I related completely to every single story."

-Leslie Moore, editor, Strand Media Group

"An honest, heartwarming, and hilarious look at motherhood. If you're about to be a mother, in the trenches, or looking back, this is the perfect book for you."

-Elizabeth Varel, editor, Parhelion Literary Magazine