Person An individual. Birth Date September 7th, 1971 Birthplace Manila, Philippines Race/Ethnicity multiracial (author) Religion Christian (author) Gender Identity woman (author) Sexuality straight (author) Occupation author Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, https://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource De La Cruz, Melissa Type The nature or genre of the resource Person Language A language of the resource language: English Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Yeffeth, Laura. “Home of New York Times Bestselling Author Melissa De La Cruz.” Melissa De La Cruz, 18 Jan. 2022, <a href="https://melissa-delacruz.com/">https://melissa-delacruz.com/.</a> “Melissa De La Cruz.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Feb. 2022, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_de_la_Cruz">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_de_la_Cruz.</a> Graham, Latria. “Q&amp;A: Melissa De La Cruz Loves Fairy Tales so Much She'll Turn Them inside Out.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2016, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-melissa-de-la-cruz-20160329-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-melissa-de-la-cruz-20160329-story.html.</a> Rayn Smeathers (cataloger, 2022) Description An account of the resource Melissa De La Cruz is a New York Times Bestselling author and is an award winning novelist for all ages. Melissa has wanted to write since she was 11 years old and has written many different YA series since she started writing. She graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Art History and English. Melissa is now happily married to Micheal Johnston who co-authored one of her book series with and lives with both Micheal and their daughter in Los Angeles, California. Christian (author) multiracial (author) straight (author) woman (author)