Lois Ruskai Melina

Lois Ruskai Melina is the author of three books on adoption. Her essays have been published in Lunch Ticket, Fourth & Sycamore, Oregon Humanities magazine, and in the anthologies Borne on Air and Forged in Fire. She and her husband formed their family by adoption and now have an adult son and daughter and two grandchildren.

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2018*

* indicates notable/special mention

Send questions, comments and corrections to info@creativewritingmfa.info.

Disclaimer: No endorsement of these ratings should be implied by the writers and writing programs listed on this site, or by the editors and publishers of Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, Best American Poetry, The O. Henry Prize Stories and The Pushcart Prize Anthology.