Melody Warnick
Journalist and nonfiction author
Melody Warnick is a journalist and author who writes about how people come to feel at home in the towns and cities where they live.
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Born in Southern California
About Melody Warnick
Melody Warnick is a freelance journalist whose articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Woman's Day and The Atlantic's CityLab. She has also written for the Washington Post, Slate and The Guardian. Her book This Is Where You Belong, published in 2016, explores what makes people fall in love with the places they live and why that matters. She has also written If You Could Live Anywhere, about choosing a place to live and loving it. Born in Southern California, she now lives with her family in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she took part in a personal experiment to fall in love with her town. She also speaks regularly about how residents can thrive in their communities.