Melissa Anelli

Melissa Anelli is the New York Times bestselling author of Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon, a book she came to write by being an obsessive fan and  hater of the blank page. She owns and operates The Leaky Cauldron and LeakyNews, and runs the annual fan conference LeakyCon. She’s a graduate of Georgetown University and current resident of Brooklyn. You can find her on Twitter or at her not-often-enough-updated website. She is a longtime supporter and future winner of NaNoWriMo!