Melissa Hawkes is a British author who grew up in the foster care system from the age of nine. She writes adventurous, emotional fantasy loosely inspired by her childhood experiences. Her core motto is the well-known saying, ‘my past does not define my future,’ and she hopes to inspire young people with difficult upbringings to chase their dreams, much like she has. Because when the world labels us and tells us we can’t do something…we prove them wrong.

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She is represented by Safae El-Ouahabi at RCW Literary.