Melis­sa Stoller writes sto­ries for chil­dren includ­ing Sadie’s Shab­bat Sto­ries and Plant­i­ng Friend­ship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom. Themes include fam­i­ly his­to­ry and con­nec­tions, Jew­ish and inter­faith rela­tion­ships, and cre­ativ­i­ty and kind­ness. In oth­er chap­ters of her life, Melis­sa worked as an attor­ney and ear­ly child­hood edu­ca­tor. Melis­sa lives in NYC with her fam­i­ly, and was a past trustee at her synagogue.