The Wedding Cake Tree (35 page)
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Authors: Melanie Hudson
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #Women's Fiction, #Contemporary Women, #Romance, #Contemporary, #Contemporary Fiction
In loving memory of
Chantelle Tok 1976–2012
About the Author
A Yorkshire lass first and foremost, Melanie left her native county in 1994 when she joined the Royal Air Force as an Air Traffic Control Officer.
Melanie enjoyed the nomadic lifestyle awarded by her military career
. In addition to working at several air stations throughout the UK, she experienced an operational tour in the Balkans during the Kosovo Crisis in 1999, and served as air liaison officer with the British Army during their insurgence into Iraq in 2003.
In May 2004 she transferred to the Royal Navy Air Traffic Control Specialisation, the highlight of which was an exhilarating stint in HMS Invincible. Melanie had a son in 2007, before retiring from military life in 2010, after which she moved to Dubai temporarily where she finally found the time to pursue her passion for writing
. She wrote the majority of her first novel,
The Wedding Cake Tree,
while sitting in a Japanese tea shop overlooking the Burj Kalifa. Melanie now works for the Calvert Trust Exmoor, which is a charity that provides adventurous breaks for those with disabilities, and lives on a nature reserve with her family, which includes a manic sheepdog, six chickens and an optimistic fox.
Melanie is happiest when wandering in the wilds of the Scottish Highlands (pretending to be all mysterious and romantic).
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