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Mel Umbarger is a designer and copy editor.

She used to get in trouble for reading under the covers with a flashlight, and she can usually be found now getting her wallet into trouble in used book stores. She especially loves science fiction and fantasy, with some graphic novels, chick lit, young adult and historical fiction thrown in for variety.

College: A bachelor's in mass communication and a minor in Spanish at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.

Work Experience:
* Copy Editor/Designer, News & Record, Greensboro, N.C., December 2003 - present.
* Freelance copy editor and writer, Pace Communications, Greensboro, N.C., July 2005 - early 2007.
* Copy Editor/Designer, The Daily Press, Newport News, Va., December 2001 - December 2003.
* Copy Editing Intern, The Daily Press, Newport News, Va., Summer 2001.
* Part-time Clerk/Reporter, York Bureau of The Charlotte Observer, Rock Hill, S.C., March-September 2000
* Copy Editing Intern, The Sun Herald, Port Charlotte, Fla., Summer 2000.