Melis­sa Gould’s essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Ange­les Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, Huff­in­g­ton Post, Buz­zfeed, and more. She’s an award-win­ning screen­writer whose cred­its include Bill Nye, the Sci­ence Guy; Par­ty of Five; Bev­er­ly Hills, 90210; and Lizzie McGuire. As a ​“mom­pre­neur” she appeared on the Rachael Ray Show, Access Hol­ly­wood, and oth­er ​“info-tain­ment” pro­grams. Her book, Wid­ow­ish, a mem­oir, will be avail­able via Lit­tleA Books on Feb­ru­ary 1, 2021. She lives in Los Ange­les, California.