Melissa Borgerding is a playwright and professional writer from Baltimore, Maryland. Her work explores themes of intergenerational conflict, memory, and the complicated dynamics within families. Her play, Someone Close to You, has been featured as part of the Baltimore Playwright’s Festival. She has worked as an advertising copywriter for a large corporation and as a freelance writer.

Melissa holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and a B.A. in English from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia. She lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.