Author Feature: Maryanne Melloan Woods

Hey hey lovely readers! We’re another month into 2026 and that means we get to feature another incredible author!  With it being the end of the school year and the start to summer, we’re sure you’re as busy as we are, so we won’t make you wait any longer to meet this month’s featured author: Maryanne Melloan Woods!

Meet Maryanne

Maryanne Melloan Woods is a novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who has written shows for networks including Showtime, NBC, ABC, Fox, the WB, Nickelodeon and ABC Family. Maryanne has taught screenwriting at UCLA, the American Film Institute and the Gotham Writer's Workshop, and been a panelist for tv writing seminars at NYU and the University of Wisconsin.

Although her resume is INCREDIBLY impressive, our favorite work of Maryanne’s is her YA Thriller, LAZARUS. It’s a twisty adventure that keeps you on the edge of your seat from the first word all the way to the very last page.

Lazarus

Margo and Hank are teen detectives in tiny, god-forsaken Lazarus, Nebraska. They have a profoundly deep relationship; the only hitch is that Hank has been dead for two months.

The pair team up to solve a local murder, with Margo doing the everyday gumshoe work and the late Hank spying on suspects unseen.

At the same time, Margo attempts to solve the cold case of her mother’s murder seven years ago. As Margo’s quest becomes more perilous, Hank will try to protect her, anguished that he can’t do more as she finally battles the sinister forces that killed her mother.

Connect with Maryanne!

Now that you and Maryanne have been properly introduced, we know that she would love to connect! Check out her instagram @maryannemwoods and let her know we sent you!