Melanie McGrath

Melanie McGrath is an award-winning writer of bestselling fiction and nonfiction. She won the John Llewellyn-Rhys-Mail on Sunday award for her first book, Motel Nirvana. As MJ McGrath she is the author of the acclaimed Edie Kiglatuk series of Arctic mysteries, twice longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and picked as Times and Financial Times thrillers of the year. As Melanie McGrath she wrote the critically acclaimed and bestselling family memoir Silvertown, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize, and Pie and Mash Down the Roman Road, shortlisted for the HWA Gold Dagger and the Andre Simon/Fortnum and Mason prize for best food book. As Mel McGrath she is the author of the psychological thrillers Give Me The Child, The Guilty Party, Two Wrongs and Tell Me Your Secrets.

She has been a documentary TV producer for Channel Four and presenter of Trailblazers for The Discovery Channel. She has written for major UK and US broadsheets and for Aeon and has taught creative writing at Arvon and at UEA, Roehampton, City Universities in the UK and at the University of North Carolina in the US.  Most recently she wrote for HBO Max’s series with Calm. The New York Times called her ‘wickedly talented.’

Melanie is a qualified integrative psychotherapist.

www.melaniemcgrath.com

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