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I'm an #actuallyautistic SFF author-in-progress and poet, pagan, ace, and I will talk about all of the above in any given newsletter.

About Melanie Marttila

Melanie Marttila (she/her) #ActuallyAutistic, writes poetry and speculative tales of hope. She lives and writes in Sudbury, in the house where 3 generations of her family have lived, on the street that bears her surname, with her spouse and dog.

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