A graduate of Wesleyan University, Melissa Pace is a former editor and writer for Elle magazine, as well as a past finalist in the Humanitas New Voices fellowship for television and screenwriters. The mother of three amazing children, Pace lives with her husband in Los Angeles, and when not writing, likes to lace up her cleats and get all her ya-ya's out on its soccer fields. Currently she's working on the sequel to her debut novel, The Once and Future Me, as well as a standalone speculative suspense novel with not a shred of time travel in it. She's represented by Elisabeth Weed of The Book Group.

Connect with her on Instagram or Threads @melissadugganpace.