Melanie Sumrow

Melanie Sumrow is the author of the novels The Inside Battle , a 2020 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, and The Prophet Calls , a 2018 Writers' League of Texas Book Award finalist. Before turning her attention to writing, she worked as a lawyer for more than sixteen years, many of her cases involving children and teens. She received her MFA from Hamline University's writing for children and young adults program and lives in Dallas. You can visit her online at melaniesumrow.com.

Melanie Sumrow is the author of the novels The Inside Battle , a 2020 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids, and The Prophet Calls , a 2018 Writers' League of Texas Book Award finalist. Before turning her attention to writing, she worked as a lawyer for more than sixteen years, many of her cases involving children and teens. She received her MFA from Hamline University's writing for children and young adults program and lives in Dallas. You can visit her online at melaniesumrow.com. See less