Melisa Ann Jamvold
Melisa Ann Jamvold was born in Omaha, Nebraska, but grew up in Kansas, graduating from Hiawatha High School in 1988. She attended college in preparation for an accounting degree but turned her attention toward another dream. She fell in love and married her husband, Jeff, in 1992. They live in Troy, Kansas, and operate their own business. Melisa enjoys watching their three daughters evolve into young women and recently embarked on a new journey by restoring a 1905 Victorian house in Missouri. She is busy with her daily activities but has found a new passion in writing. The Necklace is her first novel.