Melissa A. Chappell is a native of rural South Carolina where she is inspired by the natural world. Besides writing and reading, she enjoys the guitar, the piano, and singing. Her work has been published in BlazeVox, Amethyst Literary Review, and Ethos Literary Review, among others. The latest of her five books is For the Next Earth (Wipf and Stock, 2021). You can find her on Instagram: @melissachappell962.