Melissa Sweet
Melissa Sweet may refer to: * Melissa Sweet (writer), Australian journalist and non-fiction writer *Melissa Sweet (illustrator) Melissa Sweet (born January 1, 1956) is an American illustrator and writer of nearly 100 books for children and young readers. She has won and been a finalist for numerous awards as both a writer and illustrator. In 2012, ''Balloons Over Broadwa ...

Melissa Sweet (writer)
Melissa Sweet is an Australian journalist and nonfiction writer. Formerly employed by ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', '' The Bulletin'' magazine, and Australian Associated Press, she specialises in writing about human health and medicine. Early life and career Melissa Sweet grew up in central Queensland. She enrolled in the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT, now Curtin University of Technology) in Perth and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and agriculture. She was awarded the WAIT Academic Staff Association Medal as the top graduating student of 1984. Sweet worked as a medical writer for the Australian Associated Press for six years, starting in 1987, and later served as a senior account manager in healthcare for Hill and Knowlton, a public relations firm, from 1993 to 1994. She returned to journalism in 1994, working as a medical writer for the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' and a columnist for ''Good Weekend'' magazine until 1998. She was a columnist and ...
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