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Melissa Clark

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Born

Los Angeles, The United States

Website

http://www.melissaclarkwrites.com

Twitter

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Humor, Young Adult

Member Since

March 2012

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Melissa Clark is the author of the novels "Imperfect," "Swimming Upstream, Slowly," and "Bear Witness." She created the animated television show, "Braceface" which starred Alicia Silverstone and ran for 5 seasons on ABC Family. Melissa wrote and created the scripted kid's podcast, "Becoming Mother Nature," which can be heard wherever you get your podcasts, as well as created/wrote/produced the podcast "Grandma For President." Melissa works as a private writing/ creativity coach. See her website for more details.

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Average rating: 3.42 · 279 ratings · 52 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Swimming Upstream, Slowly 3.26 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperfect 3.76 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bear Witness 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grandma For President liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I am giving away two e-versions of my second novel, "Imperfect", about a girl who develops a cat purr. Good luck! I hope you win!

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The Choice

by Edith Eger (Goodreads Author)

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Portnoy’s Complaint

by Philip Roth

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The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer

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