Melanie Haagman Author

Melanie Haagman lives in south-east England and started writing poetry when she was eight. She studied for a teaching degree at the University of Brighton and went on to specialise in teaching children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. She recently left teaching in a school to work privately and focus on writing. Melanie self-published her first poetry collection, ‘Open Heart Poetry’, in 2019, which aimed to break the stigma associated with OCD. She enjoys reading, travelling and sports, especially tennis, taking inspiration from all these activities and incorporating it into her writing.