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Melanie Jackson
Scottish-born and mystery-minded, Melanie Jackson is the author of young-adult mystery suspensers such as The Big Dip and Death Drop, as well as the Dinah Galloway Mystery Series, all with Orca Book Publishers. Melanie's suspenser Medusa's Scream was named a Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Book, Middle Readers, of 2018.
Her newest novel, the Poe-themed Tick Tock Terror, clocked into publication in spring 2019. In its May issue, Booklist said of TTT, "Jackson’s gripping, first-person, plot-driven novel ask readers to consider self-confidence vs. over-active ego; right vs. wrong…A suspenseful addition to high-low collections."
A 2018 TD Canadian Children's Book Week author, Melanie teaches a mystery unit every year at a Vancouver secondary school. She also does individual presentations/readings for schools.
A former journalist, now a business/advertising writer/editor, Melanie lives in Vancouver with her family. In 2016 she received a University of Toronto Alumni Arbor Award.
