Melissa L. White is a screenwriter, novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the Best American Essays Award. Her Biopic Screenplay about female artist, Georgia O’Keeffe, “Blackness of Space, Whiteness of Bones,” won BEST SCREENPLAY DRAMA, and BEST BIOPIC at the 4Theatre Film Festival in June 2023. It also won the GRAND PRIZE – BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the Silicon Beach Film Festival, Sept. 15, 2023. It was also a Finalist at the Catalina Film Festival in Sept. 2023. Her thriller screenplay, “Recovering Sky,” won BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY at the Golden State Film Festival in Hollywood in March 2024. Her LGBTQ+ rom-com script, “Modern Marriage,” won 4th prize in the Writer’s Digest Annual Screenwriting Contest 2021. And Melissa’s essay, “Can AI Learn How It Feels to Cry?” won Second Prize in the Writer’s Digest Annual Contest 2023. She lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Encino, with her fiancé, Mark, an award-winning commercial photographer. She can be found here:

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