Melanie Marttila (she/her) is an #ActuallyAutistic SFF author-in-progress, writing poetry and tales of hope in the face of adversity. She’s 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 En
glish Literature and Creative Writing.
Her poetry has appeared in The /tƐmz/ Review, Polar Starlight, and Sulphur. Her debut poetry collection, The Art of Floating, was published in April 2024 by Latitude 46. Her short fiction has appeared in Through the Portal, 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.