Hatter, Melanie S.

Melanie S. Hatter is the winner of the 2011 Washington Writers' Publishing House Fiction Prize for her debut novel, "The Color of My Soul." Her short stories have appeared in The Whistling Fire, Defying Gravity anthology, TimBookTu and Diverse Voices Quarterly, and her short story, "Obsessed with Claudia," won the First Annual Romantic Tales Writing Contest. Born and raised in Scotland (UK), Melanie received a bachelor's degree from Hampton University and a master's in writing from Johns Hopkins University. She has a background in journalism and corporate communications.