Tessa Mellas holds an MFA from Bowling Green State University and a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches composition and creative writing. She won the 2013 Iowa Short Fiction Award for her collection Lungs Full of Noise (2013). A former theater director and figure skater, Mellas lives in Cincinnati.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Bibi from Jupiter, a short story, in Stories of the Week: 2012–2013