Melanie R. Meadors

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Melanie R. Meadors, Biographer

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I’m a public historian and biographer who focuses on social change throughout history. Currently, I am the Associate Editor at the Biographers International Organization. I also write articles and book length nonfiction projects. I’m currently working on the biography of a figure from the 1950s-1960s who paved the way for more firm First Amendment protections for others in his craft and who was an inspiration for others who came after him.

I received my master’s degree in history, as well as a graduate certificate in public history, from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. My master’s thesis focused on Otto Ege, an early twentieth century industrial artist and book historian who cut apart medieval manuscripts with the claim that he was making them more accessible to regular people.

In my “spare” time, I am an amateur astronomer, roleplaying gamer, and bullet journalist. I also bind books in traditional ways with a modern twist, and make sock monkeys. You can see some of my work at my Etsy shop.

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