Introducing 2013 MCBF Moderator, Melissa Studdard

Melissa Stud­dard is the author of the best­selling novel, Six Weeks to Yehi­dah (recipient of the For­ward National Lit­er­a­ture Award and the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award). Her writings have appeared in numer­ous jour­nals and antholo­gies, includ­ing Boule­vard, Con­necti­cut Review, and Poets & Writ­ers. She is a reviewer-at-large for The National Poetry Review, contributing editor for Tiferet Journal, host of Tiferet Talk radio, a pro­fes­sor for Lone Star Col­lege Sys­tem, and a teach­ing artist for The Rooster Moans Poetry Coop­er­a­tive. Learn more at www.melissastuddard.com.