
Melissa Kelly/SJU Press
Welcome to my web page. I'm the author of
Jane, a contemporary retelling of the classic novel
Jane Eyre, due out from Poppy in October 2010. I'm also a poet, an editor, and an Associate Professor of English at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
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- I was born in North Merrick, NY, and though I've lived many places since then, I will always be a New Yorker at heart.
- I've been writing stories and poems ever since I could hold a pen.
- I started out majoring in art but soon realized my talents lay elsewhere. But I'm still a champion doodler.
- My sister is a roller derby queen and one of my best friends.
- Jane Eyre is my favorite novel of all times, with Wuthering Heights a close second.
- I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juke box, baby. (Apologies to Joan Jett.)
- I'm the mother of two teenage sons. My older son, Eli St. Amant, is a member of the hot new rave rap band Split Genetics.
- My younger son Noah is pretty great too, and after several summers at zoo camp is an experienced handler of rabbits and hedgehogs. He hopes to graduate to owls.
- I teach creative writing, freshman composition, and literature at St. Joe's.
- My favorite color is electric blue.
- I'm seriously addicted to Facebook.
- I love to cook, especially Italian food.
- I'm mom to two lab mix dogs--Reuben and Ophelia--and a rescued guinea pig, Bartleby.
- I play acoustic guitar (badly) and attend way too many rock concerts.
- I met my husband at the University of New Hampshire where we both lived in a dorm for the creative arts.
- I'm secretly shy but I work hard to hide it.
- When I was 22, I backpacked solo around Europe and had all kinds of fun and misadventures.
- In August, I was Hot Blogger of the Month at agent Bree Ogden's This Literary Life Blog. Here's a link.
- In high school I wrote a rock opera about the tragic love between punk rocker Sid Vicious and his girlfriend Nancy Spungeon.
- My current favorite t.v. show is Glee. Old favorites are Northern Exposure, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, and Moonlighting.
- Jane has a Facebook page of its own, and I hope you'll consider "liking" it. Here's a link.
- Coffee, dark chocolate, Bruce Springsteen, thunderstorms, exploring cities I've never been to before: these are a few of my favorite things.