It's set at an ultra-exclusive private school on an island. Laura and Melinda's new book, Sanctuary Bay, a YA thriller, is coming out in January 2016. They both continue to write books, together and separately.

to work on the Roswell TV show, and briefly living in Toronto while on the writing staff of 1-800-Missing. That series led to Melinda and Laura, now an official writing team, writing two TV pilots, moving to L.A. Later they worked on the Roswell High book series, Laura developing and editing the series, Melinda writing. They teamed up to brainstorm story ideas, and at some point their brains fused in some key places. Burns pretty much became unofficial writing partners when they were editors at the same company. Melinda and the lovely and talented Laura J. Making $2.73 working backstage for an off-off Broadway play (her part of the box-office profits), and editing books. (FYI, when Melinda was in kindergarten it was all about finger-painting, play time, and naps.) Eventually, she mastered both and even majored in English at San Jose State University.Īfter college, Melinda moved to Manhattan to seek her fortune, which involved learning to identify fruits and vegetables while working at a grocery store, She also had no interest in learning to write her name. Her mother tried to teach her to read in kindergarten, but Melinda had no interest. She kinda does, but she has an off-kilter sense of direction, so to be confident of arriving, it's better to consult some kind of navigational device. People sometimes ask if she knows the way there. Melinda Metz grew up in San Jose, California.

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