Melissa Lee-Houghton

Melissa Lee-Houghton was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester in 1982.

Melissa was selected by The Poetry Book Society as one of the Next Generation Poets 2014.

Her first collection, A Body Made of You, a series of poems written for writers, artists, strangers, lovers and friends was published by Penned in the Margins in 2011.

Beautiful Girls, Melissa's second collection, was published in November 2013 by Penned in the Margins and was selected as a Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Winter 2013.

Her debut release, Patterns Of Mourning, a book-length sequence which records a descent into madness during a troubled affair, was published by Chipmunka in 2009 and was followed with Bite Your Tongue When You Give Me My Name, a collection of early poems.

Her poetry and short fiction have been published in literary magazines such as Poetry Salzburg, The New Writer, The White Review, Succour, Magma and Tears in the Fence.

Melissa was the winner of The New Writer's Prose & Poetry competition 2012, for her collection of poems, titled Joseph, which form part of Beautiful Girls.

She is a regular reviewer for The Short Review.