Melanie McGee Bianchi Author

Melanie McGee Bianchi grew up in a series of character-forming historic houses in different parts of the U.S. After university, she began a career in features journalism, spending ten years as the lead arts reporter at Mountain Xpress, where she interviewed celebrities such as David Sedaris, Loretta Lynn, Aimee Mann, the late R.L. Burnside, and the late Doc Watson. She has managed and edited numerous publications; her humor essays and fiction have been published regionally and nationally; and her poetry has been shortlisted in national chapbook contests and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.