Melody Fuller, a native of Oakland, California, is a writer enrolled in the Stonecoast MFA Program in Maine. Melody is completing her first memoir, One Suitcase Now, A Woman’s Travel Confessions and Recollections.

Melody has studied under Ashe Bandele, Marita Golden, David Mura, Quincy Troupe, and several other admired authors. Melody has attended The Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation Workshop VONA, and she has attended The University of Iowa, Bedell, NonFiction Now Conference.

Melody also writes about high end food and wine and was published on a James Beard Award winning site. She hopes to share her worldwide experiences in the food and wine industry though a book that is under construction titled, The Table.

Melody holds a Master of Public Administration, from The University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Art in Sociology, from Mills College. She is married and has a grown son.