Melanie Tem
Melanie Tem’s work has received the Bram Stoker, international Horror Guild, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards, as well as a nomination for the Shirley Jackson Award. She was also a published poet, an oral storyteller, and several of her plays have been produced.

She was a social worker, and also had a freelance editing business.

Melanie lived in Colorado with her husband, writer and editor Steve Rasnic Tem. They have four children and four granddaughters. Melanie passed away in 2015 and is sorely missed.