Melissa is an award-winning author, copywriter, and lover of the written word. She has written almost thirty novels to date and is published in both SA and the USA. For ten years Melissa owned and operated her own specialized logistics company until she woke up one morning and decided that it was time to put her English degree to good use. Melissa lives in Hillcrest with her husband and three teenagers, none of whom take her seriously. Melissa also writes romantic suspense as Lissa Del and contemporary romance as Rachel Rhodes.