Michelle Melton writes gritty paranormal suspense about what we inherit, what we hide, and what it costs to survive. A former crime-and-courts journalist and a friend of Bill’s since 2004, she writes like a survivor who’s stared down her own demons and learned which shadows hide real danger. Themes of recovery run through all of her books. Her debut novel is The Sickness of Secrets. It’s the story of a woman twenty years sober who can borrow other people’s memories, and of the murder that forces her to use the gift she swore off, and it’s the first book in The Borrowing series, arriving October 22, 2026. Michelle believes the most powerful force, supernatural or otherwise, is the courage to break generational cycles and choose a different path. Find her at bymichellemelton.com.
