Melody Simpson is the Founder of Melanin in YA, your source for all things Black in traditional young adult publishing. Melody is also novelist and screenwriter and writes sci-fi, young adult speculative fiction, and nonfiction pop culture. When not writing or reading, she can be found in the audience of a musical or play thanks to her musical mother, walking around the exhibit floor of conventions that she grew up on thanks to her comic book artist father, or at home enjoying Netflix. She was born and raised in New Jersey and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.