Melissa Service grew up in a tiny, magical town in Illinois--total population: 800. In 2014, she brought her love of books, a Midwest hankering for a good Horseshoe Sandwich (also known as fat-on-a-plate) and Southern Sweet Tea to sunny SoCal. About an hour north of Los Angeles, she lives with her husband, her kids, and their sweet, yet, slightly neurotic, standard poodle, Eisley. <br><br>When she's not chasing Eisley around the neighborhood, she's writing.
