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Sally Ann Melia

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Sally Ann Melia is life-long Science Fiction fan. She was Star Wars as a child and has loved Space Opera fiction and tales of huge Galactic Empires such as Frank Herbert’s Dune series and Iain M. Banks Culture.

Born in Wallasey, Sally Ann Melia moved to the South of France and the cosmopolitan city-state of Monaco, where she spent her teenage years. As the lone English student in a French school, Sally spent her time writing stories while her classmates learned English. This sparked a lifelong passion for writing, leading her to pen novels, scripts, stories, and articles.

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	Guy Erma and the Son of Empire really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2014 — 12 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
	Aliens in Paris 3.14 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2012 — 15 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
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	Son of Empire (Dodecahedral #2) 4.50 avg rating — 36 ratings — 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
	Soldier of Empire (Dodecahedral #3) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings	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
	Captain of Empire: A Sci-Fi Thriller 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 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
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	The Artwork of Guy Erma and the Son of Empire by Sally Ann Melia (Goodreads Author), Lazar Kacarevic (Illustrator), Nevena Boskovic (Illustrator) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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
	Aliens in Sequoia National Park (An Episodic Tale of Alien Invasion #3) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 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

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Why did I write Aliens in Paris?

So I wrote a few weeks back, telling you how I was writing again, but I wanted to answer one question that I am often asked.

Namely: Why do I write?

Well, for me, it’s not just about writing. Let me tell you about one of my earliest stories Aliens In Paris, that some of you will have read.

The original sparkSo why did I write this story? In 2012, I had just moved to Farnham. At that time, I had b Read more of this blog post »

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“I was never sure what possessed Guy and Teo, 2 alien princelings to land in Paris that day.”
― Sally Ann Melia, Aliens in Paris

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“If we can't write diversity into sci-fi, then what's the point? You don't create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.”
― Jane Espenson

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“I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.”
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