Jacquelin Melilli
Jacqx Melilli is an author, playwright, writing coach, and workshop presenter who loves helping people tell their life stories. She has a Master of Arts degree in Writing and Literature from Deakin University. Her specialisations include editing, creative non-fiction and fiction writing, publishing, scriptwriting, playwriting, and research.
Jacqx worked in film, television, and theatre and taught youth drama, which prompted her to write her Australian award-winning stage plays. These plays were also published by Ready-Ed Publications as a series of educational books titled the Lights, Camera, Action drama series. She also produced and directed two of her plays as short films. Her other publications include short stories, articles and an Australian historical novel, When The Glitter Fades—a generational saga, love triangle revenge story based on Australian showbiz.
Empowering people to find their voice and express the thoughts they’ve kept buried is at the heart of Jacqx work. Through in‑person and online memoir and creative writing workshops, she guides writers to reconnect with their sense of purpose to leave a legacy of their life experiences. For more about her work and upcoming workshops, visit jacqx.com