Melanie Marttila (she/her) is an #ActuallyAustitic author-in-progress, writing poetry and tales of hope in the face of adversity. She has been writing since the age of seven, when she made her first submission to CBC's Pencil Box and is a graduate of the University of Windsor’s masters program in English Literature and Creative Writing. Her poetry has appeared in Polar Borealis, Polar Starlight, Sulphur, and her debut poetry collection, The Art of Floating, was published in April 2024 by Latitude 46. Her short fiction has appeared in Pulp Literature, On Spec, Pirating Pups, and Home for the Howlidays. She is a settler and writes in Sudbury, Ontario, or 'N'Swakamok, on Robinson-Huron Treaty territory, home of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and the Wahnapitae First Nation, in the house where three generations of her family have lived, on the street that bears her surname, with her spouse and their dog.
