Melissa Wiley

{{Infobox writer | name = Melissa Wiley | spouse = Scott Peterson | image = | imagesize = 150 | caption = | birth_name = Melissa Anne Peterson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|12|17}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | occupation = Writer, Editor | alias = | notableworks = ''The Martha Years''<br />''The Charlotte Years'' | awards = }} '''Melissa Anne Peterson''' (born December 17, 1968), known by her pen name '''Melissa Wiley''', is an author of children's books, known especially for two book series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's ancestors: ''The Martha Years'' and ''The Charlotte Years''.<ref name="hc">{{cite web |url= https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/melissa-wiley|title=Melissa Wiley|access-date=2021-05-07|website=HarperCollins}}</ref> She is a contributing writer at Wired.com's GeekMom blog {{when|date=May 2021}} and co-writes a webcomic with her husband, Scott Peterson, and illustrator Chris Gugliotti.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/geekmom/author/melissa-wiley/ |title=Melissa Wiley | GeekMom |publisher=Wired |access-date=2015-09-25}}</ref>

==Personal life== Wiley resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband, comic book editor and author Scott Peterson, and six children. One of her sons (born {{birth date|2003|12|9}}) has hearing loss. Her oldest daughter (born {{birth date|1995|6|7}}) had leukemia, but recovered. She is a stay-at-home mom and homeschools her children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.authorsarerockstars.com/2012/08/melissa-wiley-kidlit-corner-road-trip.html |title=Melissa Wiley: KidLit Corner Road Trip Edition Podcast |website=Authors are ROCKSTARS! |date=2012-08-12 |access-date=2015-09-25}}</ref>

== Books ==

=== Nonfiction === * Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena (Split/Lip Press, 2017)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wiley, Melissa A.|title=Antlers in space and other common phenomena: essays|date=26 January 2017|isbn=978-1-5426-5147-9|location=Wyncote, PA|oclc=1031975148}}</ref> * Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy (Autumn House Press, 2020)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy|publisher=Autumn House Press|year=2020|isbn=978-1-938769-56-6|language=en}}</ref>

=== Fiction === * Anastasia: Together in Paris (Golden Books, 1997, as Melissa Peterson) * Hanna's Christmas (HarperFestival, 2001, as Melissa Peterson) * Fox and Crow Are Not Friends (Random House, 2012)<ref name="prh">{{cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/144266/melissa-wiley/ |title=Melissa Wiley |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=2021-05-07}}</ref> * The Prairie Thief (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2012)<ref name="Simon & Schuster">{{cite web|url=http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Melissa-Wiley/84427630 |title=Melissa Wiley |website=Simon & Schuster |access-date=2015-09-25}}</ref> * Inch and Roly Make a Wish (Simon Spotlight, 2012)<ref name="Simon & Schuster" /> * Inch and Roly and the Very Small Hiding Place (Simon Spotlight, 2013)<ref name="Simon & Schuster" /> * Inch and Roly and the Sunny Day Scare (Simon Spotlight, 2013)<ref name="Simon & Schuster" /> * The Nerviest Girl in the World (Knopf, 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/melissa-wiley/the-nerviest-girl-in-the-world/ |title=The Nerviest Girl in the World |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=2021-05-07 |date=2020-04-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="prh" />

'''Little House: The Martha Years'''<br /> Published by HarperCollins.<ref name="hc" /> # Little House in the Highlands (1999) # The Far Side of the Loch (2000) # Down to the Bonny Glen (2001) # Beyond the Heather Hills (2003)

'''Little House: The Charlotte Years'''<br /> Published by HarperCollins.<ref name="hc" /> # Little House by Boston Bay (1999) # On Tide Mill Lane (2001) # The Road from Roxbury (2002) # Across the Puddingstone Dam (2004)

'''Carmen Sandiego Mysteries'''<br /> Published by HarperCollins and credited to Melissa Peterson. * Hasta la Vista, Blarney (1997) * The Cocoa Commotion (1997)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal |Children's literature}} * [https://melissawiley.com/ Official website] * [http://thicklebit.com Into the Thicklebit webcomic] * Cook, Karla. [https://ramblinroadstoeverywhere.blogspot.com/2008/06/i-remember-laura-books-music.html "'I Remember Laura' - Books & Music"]. Ramblin' Roads. June 23, 2008. * {{LCAuth|n98062332|Melissa Wiley|17|}} * [http://lccn.loc.gov/n96067602 Melissa Peterson] (real name) at LC Authorities, with 11 records and [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n96-067602 Peterson at WorldCat] * [http://lccn.loc.gov/n2007089013 Anne James] (joint pseudonym with husband Scott Peterson) at LC Authorities and [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2007-089013 James at WorldCat]

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