Name Melissa McCarter Role Novelist | Alma mater Scripps College | |
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Born February 27, 1975 (40) Houston, Texas, U.S. Occupation Author, Publisher, Academic Spouse(s) (William Matthew McCarter m. 2003) Website www.melissamilesmccarter.com | ||
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Melissa Miles McCarter (born 1975, in Houston, TX) is an American editor, memoirist, and novelist. McCarter has written numerous articles and columns about mental illness, popular culture, infertility, and postfeminism. She is also a blogger for The Huffington Post. She lives in the small rural community of Arcadia Valley in Southeast Missouri where she has been active in community development.
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Education
McCarter received her PhD in English, Rhetoric and Composition from the University of Texas at Arlington. She received a B.A. in Philosophy from Scripps College.
McCarter's scholarship in rhetoric has informed her work and she is deeply influenced by the writings of Madeleine L'Engle.
Books
A Small Book of Wisdom: 6 Ways to Enjoy the Ride of the Eternal Now (ASIN: B00K54GVIQ) is a short exploration of how living in the present can heal wounds from the past.
Insanity: A Love Story (ISBN 978-1449521707) is a memoir chronicling McCarter's initial diagnosis with bipolar disorder. She wrote the memoir to help de-stigmatize mental illness; McCarter believes writing about difficult experiences can be both healing and cathartic for the reader and writer.
Earthquakes: A Prequel to Resurrecting Arcadia (ASIN: B00K43823U) is an introduction to a novel set in Arcadia, Missouri and surrounding Arcadia Valley.
Joy, interrupted: An Anthology on Motherhood and Loss (ISBN 978-0985235604) is a collection of art and writing from over fifty international authors about "the interruption" grief causes because of various losses associated with motherhood. McCarter conceived of this book as a way to cope with the loss of her five-week-old daughter, Madeleine Miles McCarter, of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2003 and ectopic pregnancy in 2004 with husband William Matthew McCarter.
What Moves Her (ISBN 978-1470135461) is a contemporary women's romance novel.