author • role model • public speaker

Melinda Hutchings is passionate about the written word and has touched lives through her work: her books Fighting for Life; Anorexia the Road to Recovery (Hale & Iremonger 2000) and How to Recover from Anorexia and Other Eating Disorders (Hale & Iremonger 2001) have helped thousands of people understand the dynamics of eating disorders from onset through to the recovery process.

Melinda is a contributing author to Some Girls Do, an anthology of prominent Australian female authors (Allen & Unwin 2007) and What is Mother Love? (Penguin Group Australia 2008). Her third book Why Can’t I Look the Way I Want? was recently published by Allen & Unwin and her fourth book It Will Get Better; Finding Your Way Through Teen Issues will be published by Allen & Unwin in 2010.

Melinda is a Finalist in the Cosmopolitan's 2009 "Fun Fearless Female" awards as Inspirational Role Model of the Year and is featured on the Wall of Women for the Bellaboo ‘Get Real About Role Models’ campaign. An experienced public speaker, she has presented at many forums throughout Australia and been profiled in mainstream magazines, the metropolitan press and several television & radio programs.

Melinda completed a Diploma of Professional Writing from the Australian College of Journalism and has been published in mainstream magazines and two short story anthologies as well as winning two first place awards for her short stories. She is represented by Selwa Anthony Author Management Agency, and is a member of the NSW Writers' Centre and the Australian Society of Authors.