Melissa Goodbourn is originally from North Carolina and now lives in Dunbar, Scotland. She is an active member of a local writing group, and has performed her poetry as part of the Flint & Pitch Revue for Coastword Festival. Her work has been published by 404 Ink and Interpreter’s House. She has been shortlisted for the New Writer's Award 2018 (Fiction) by the Scottish Book Trust and one of her poems was selected as Highly Commended in the 2018 Bridport Poetry Competition.