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Mel Hartman

Driven, receptive, discoverer of possibilities

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Mel Hartman

Urban Fantasy Young Adult & Youth Author

Mel Hartman (aka Melissa Vandeputte) is a Flemish author who began writing poetry, novels, children's stories and plays at the age of nine. As an adolescent, she became fascinated by parapsychology, mythology, ufology, magic and dreams. Strange phenomena and strong women who save things are her thing. 

Voor haar middelbare studies koos ze kunstgeschiedenis. Voor haar hogere studies koos ze klinische psychologie. Ze kreeg meteen na het afstuderen een droomjob (letterlijk) in een slaapcentrum waar ze werkte als slaapanalist, en dat doet ze nog steeds op freelance basis. De droomwereld sijpelt dus niet alleen ’s nachts en in haar boeken door, maar ook IRL. Daarnaast werkt ze als Foreign Rights Manager bij Hamley Books. Mel woont na enkele omzwervingen, o.a. in Nederland, met haar hondje Snow terug in haar geboortestad Oostende, in een klein boerderijtje. 

A mixed fantasy-sc-fi series appeared between 2007 and 2011 with the volumes: 'The Fantasy Hunters', 'Dreamless', 'Fear Dream' and 'Dreamscape'. In between also appeared the urban fantasy 'Different: a Manon Maxim novel', a number of columns, scientific essays and a few collections of stories in which the strange, the (pseudo)scientific and the futuristic are always present ('Game of Borders' and 'Splendid World'). 

The books of Mel

  • Mel harman - if dead men could dream

    When Dead People Dream (e-book)

    €10.99

    April Charles, half siren and half ripper, works in a funeral home and lives a quiet life. But when she accidentally revives a dead person, she discovers a sinister plan to exploit her world, Terr. She must control her dark side and save Terr.

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Mel behind the scenes

Reading, cooking, restaurants, dinners and drinks with friends, sports, binge-watching and, of course, writing. The perfect place to read a book is anywhere. The best book of all time is "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.

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