Melissa wrote & illustrated GARGLE-GOYLES, ALWAYS FOLLOW A MINOTAUR, & TOES, BEWARE THE DUENDE. She illustrated THE NINGEN, &
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Gnome & UnGnome Facts About Melissa:
Melissa H. Mwai (she/her) is a children’s author and illustrator.
GNOMES AND UNGNOMES is her author-illustrator debut! She had a blast writing poems and creating mixed media art for this eclectic mix of monstrous myths!
Her solo authorial debut, STACEY ABRAMS, is an early reader (National Geographic Kids, Jan ‘22) and is available now.
She has three early readers with DK coming out in 2024.
Melissa uses the initial “H” in her name to honor her family name, Hernández, representing her Afro-Puerto Rican heritage.
She is a former middle school English teacher and worked in education technology for over a decade. Now she is represented by Jacqui Lipton at The Tobias Literary Agency.
A New York native, she now lives in Maryland with her spouse, two kids, and bunny.
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