Melissa Ferrone's nonfiction has appeared in Brevity, The Pinch, The Collagist, The Normal School, and The Colorado Review, among many others. Her work has been nominated for the 2014 AWP Intro Awards as well as the Pushcart Prize. She attended the 2015 Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference as a nonfiction contributor, and her essay "Touch" was listed as a Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2015. She has work forthcoming in The Cimarron Review.