Rochelle Melander

Rochelle Melander is an artist educator, professional certified coach and the author of eleven books for adults including Level Up: Quests to Master Mindset, Overcome Procrastination and Increase Productivity. Mightier than The Sword is her debut book for children. Rochelle is the founder of Dream Keepers, a writing workshop that teaches young people how they can change their lives and communities through writing. She’s taught writing to children and adults at schools, universities, libraries, art museums, botanical gardens, churches, synagogues, corporate events, and art studios. Rochelle holds two master’s degrees, earned a certificate of study in professional coaching from CoachU, and has received training from the National Writing Project’s. She holds the PCC certification from the International Coach Federation and has helped people all over the world write books. She currently coaches students at a local college. Rochelle believes that you can find the answer to your questions and the questions that deserve answers in a book or at the tip of your pen. She writes books, blog posts, journal entries, shopping lists and the occasional poem and owns enough books to start her own library. Even so, she reached the library’s lending limit many times while writing Mightier than The Sword. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her husband, children, and two goofy rescue dogs. Rochelle blogs at writenowcoach.com and rochellemelander.com