MELITA GRANGER: FLAIR WRITING & EDITING'S PRINCIPAL WRITER AND EDITOR

Melita Granger is a Melbourne-based writer, editor and researcher and the owner/director of Flair Writing & Editing.

In addition to freelancing (including work for Fairfax), she has worked in publishing (Lonely Planet and Black Inc.). She has also worked for an Australian federal politician, as a proofreader for the Government Gazette, and as a Project Officer for a government research body.

EXPERTISE

* Writing magazine copy, non-fiction articles, press releases, research reports, travel stories, short stories, grants and tenders, website copy, creative brochures, essays and reviews.

* Editing books, tenders, reports, websites and business content.

KEY STRENGTHS & ATTRIBUTES
  • Strong technical command of language.
  • Experienced in content editing, transcription/editing of interviews, and proofreading.
  • Excellent researcher and interviewer.
  • Some German and Hindi.
  • Adept public speaker. (Melita has presented academic work at tertiary conferences.)
  • Adaptable and creative.

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Melita has written a biography of best-selling author and country music star, Kinky Friedman, titled In Search of Everything Kinky: The Authorised Oral Biography of Kinky Friedman

Melita's non-fiction travel story on being kidnapped in India was anthologised in a Lonely Planet publication titled Lonely Planet Unpacked Again.

She has also structurally edited one award-winning novel (Simmone Howell's Notes from a Teenage Underground).