What are the publishing book fairs? When are they? Do deals really get done there? Can I submit my manuscript to agents/editors when they are on? Let Melissa demystify the Book Fair process for you!
Melissa Welliver is a speculative fiction author who loves to write about how The End Of The World is never really the end of the world. She was born and raised in Stockport and now lives in the High Peak with her bassetoodle, Zelda. Melissa runs a podcast on her love of tropes alongside podcaster Jamie Greenwood and YA author Naomi Gibson called The Chosen Ones and Other Tropes. She has published two standalone dystopian rom-coms, My Love Life and the Apocalypse and Soulmates and Other Ways to Die, and one darker dystopian book, The Undying Tower. Melissa’s books have been longlisted for the Berkshire Book Award and won the Write Blend Bookshop award for YA fiction in 2022. Her writing has also shortlisted in the Mslexia Prize; The Bath Novel Award; The Northern Writers Awards; and the Wells Book for Children prize.