Melissa W. Hunter
Melissa's works have been published both online and in print. She has written for such online publications as Kveller.com and LiteraryMama.com. Her short stories have appeared in the Jewish Literary Journal, and her novella Through a Mirror Clear was selected for serial publication on theSame.blog, a blog for women by women. She is also a contributor to the Today Show Parenting blog. See below for a complete list of published works.
NOVELS AND NOVELLAS
What She Lost
(Cynren Press)
Through A Mirror Clear
(theSame.blog)
SHORT STORIES
For a Slice of Bread
(Jewish Literary Journal)
Our America
(Jewish Literary Journal)
the today show parenting blog
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Occurred on the Day of my Daughter's Bat Mitzvah
Featured on the Today
Show online!
You Can Go Home Again
A Letter to my Daughters, Post Election
Magic, Music, and Memories . . . Sharing my Daughter's First Concert Experience
Kveller
This is What I Realized When my Daughter Had Her Bat Mitzvah
Why I'm Not Forcing My Daughter to Attend Hebrew High School
What I'm Doing Instead of Buying Hanukkah Presents This Year
Holocaust Survivor's Remarkable Resilience Reminds Us We’ll Withstand Coronavirus
blog posts and articles
After Page One; the Journey
(Literary Mama)
How My Grandmother Inspired My Writing
(Women Writers, Women's Books)
Daily Inspiration: Meet Melissa W. Hunter
(Voyage Ohio Magazine)
Author of the Month, May 2022
(From the Write Side)
Writing the Sequel
(Women Writers, Women's Books)
podcasts
Hear us Roar
(Women's Fiction Writers Association)
A Personal Holocaust Story
(Historical Fiction Unpacked)
Our America
(Exegesis: a Jewish Literary Journal Podcast)
American Israelite
Dr. Karla Goldman presents “Isaac Mayer Wise, Cincinnati, and a Vision for American Israel”
Bar Mitzvah project draws attention of the whole world. Oy vey!
Confessions of a Mohel: Secrets from the Third Oldest Profession
Reflections on the Tree of Life synagogue shooting