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The False Flat

What will Kentucky Book Festival visitors find on your table?

Free swag: Bookmarks, art prints, candy, signing materials(pens/stamp), custom stickers, fake mustaches.

For purchase, if allowed: book themed candles and “Open at” immersive book packages. 

Whom do you invite to stop by? Who will benefit from reading your book?

Fans of women’s fiction/romance, those who love an emotional journey with laughter and tears and enjoy authors such as Katherine Center, Emily Henry, and JojoMoyes. This book is also for those who know what it is to battle grief, social anxiety, or self-doubt. 

Could you please tell us something curious about you and/or your book?

Me: As a medical provider, I’ve done brain and spine surgery.

My main character (Penelope): To combat her social anxiety, she furiously rides her bicycle and envisions people as numbers. She also has an obsession withCap’n Crunch. 

Is this your first time participating in Kentucky Book Festival? If yes – what are you looking forward to the most? If you’ve participated before – whatwas your favorite experience at the Festival?

Yes, this is my first time. And I’m looking forward to the energy that comes with being around books and bookish minds!

About the Author

Before Melissa R. Collings started writing women’s fiction and romantic comedies, she worked as a surgical physician associate in Nashville, where one of her favorite procedures was reconstructing a lower-lumbar tattoo after a back surgery. In The False Flat, an uplifting story about friendship, love, and growth, one woman must untangle herself from a past that’s holding her back in order to move forward into the life that will set her free.

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