Melanie Zoltan

Melanie Zoltan teaches U.S., World, and Latin American History and government courses for a small women's college in the Northeast. Her writing has appeared in print and online since 1986, for publishers and clients that include Boston Globe Magazine, Thomson Gale, Lerner Media, Prentice Hall, ToysRUs, PC World, EBSCO, and more.

Her recent academic writing has been published in Great Neck Publishing's Points of View Reference Center on topics including the Mexican Border Wars, Chinese Imports and Child Labor, while a country profile on Paraguay was published in EBSCO's Our World database.

She contributed an article on women and infectious diseases to Infectious Diseases: In Context (ed. Brenda Wilmoth Lerner), named an Outstanding Academic Title by ALA/Choice Magazine in 2008. Her articles on global social and economic issues, including a profile on Columbia's FARC organization, appeared in the Gale Group's Global Issues in Context reference database.

In 2006 and 2007 Melanie published more than 100 articles in the Thomson Gale 10-volume series Essential Primary Sources, which focused on primary historical documents from the 18th through 20th centuries. Melanie's work included articles on topics ranging from the history of university aid programs to the first gender reassignment surgery.

In addition to her academic work, Melanie has worked in social media as a writer/editor/Jill of All Trades for various websites, most recently at HomeStars.com

Melanie has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize twice, once in fiction and once in creative non-fiction. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three sons.