About the Author

MELODY VELTRI grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a B.A. in Professional Writing from Carnegie-Mellon University and an M.A. in Communications from Point Park College. She taught college composition classes for over twenty years before returning to school to earn a teaching certificate and now teaches English and Communications at Ada High School in Ada, Ohio.

Melody has been married to Stephen Veltri, a law professor at Ohio Northern University and also a native of Pittsburgh, for 30 years. They have grown daughters.