Melissa is an acclaimed Aboriginal writer of Goorie and European heritage. Since 1997 Melissa has been widely published as an award-winning novelist, essayist and short story writer. Her recent work has appeared in The Moth: Fifty True Stories, Meanjin, Griffith Review, and The Saturday Paper.
In 2019, Melissa also received Australia’s foremost literary prize, the Miles Franklin Award for her work, Too Much Lip.