Melba Newsome is a journalist, writer, author, blogger and winner of five prestigious journalism awards. Over the past 15 years, she has published more than  500 articles in some of the country's top custom, trade and consumer  publications.

Her magazine credits include Time, O, the Oprah Magazine, National Geographic, Maxim, Inc., Good Housekeeping, Details, Glamour, Self, Marie Claire, Parents, Cosmopolitan, Health, Fitness, Woman's Day, Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, Men's Health, and Portfolio, among others. 

She has written features for the country's top newspapers including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune. Her custom publications include Bluetooth SIGnature, Delta Sky, Wachovia Renaissance, and Profit. 

As a featured contributor to HealthyMagination, GE's health website, she blogs weekly about the intersection of health and innovation. 

She counts Fortune 500 corporations Oracle and LaRoche among the corporate clients for whom she has written in-house and consumer communications. 

She has appeared on NPR, MSNBC, WFAE Charlotte and Fox 11 Charlotte to discuss her work.

Two of her magazine features later became Lifetime movies. 

Melba has taught magazine writing workshops for Woman's Day and the American Library Association, Queens University and the Learning Annex. 

She is a former board member and publications director for the American Society of Journalist & Authors, a trade group of more than 1500 nonfiction writers.

She lives in Charlotte, NC where she remains perpetually behind in her gardening and reading.