Hello! I’m Melissa. My work explores storytelling across fiction, film, and television.

Melissa Baumgart, author headshot, smiling with dark hair and a soft-focus background.
A book with interior pages folded like a heart
Screenshot from Dick (1999), a satirical comedy about Watergate, featuring two young women dressed in patriotic outfits with American flag patterns, smiling and posing playfully.
Two sheets of stationery on a desk with a pen and a cup of tea on a saucer