Melissa Walsh

Melissa Walsh has been working as a published author for 25 years in print media, while completing two degrees at university as a mature aged student. She began her career in freelance journalism at the age of 30, writing the real estate guide for local newspapers as well as magazine and feature articles. Melissa has written a monthly magazine for the Mornington Peninsula, focusing on lifestyle, celebrity and inspirational stories, and now runs her own business, Melissa Marie Media and Events.

A mother of four, and grandmother of two, Melissa is committed to breaking stereotypes, which was shown by her appearance on Channel Nine’s Married at First Sight, the first grandmother to be cast on the reality show. She wrote her first novella at the age of 21 about her experience of being a teenage mother and continues to write about her treacherous relationship history in her new bio-novel, Everybody Deserves a Disaster.