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Dr. Melissa Langley Biegert is an award-winning writer, historian, and public speaker who lives in Austin, Texas. She has been a professional writer since the age of seventeen, when she was hired as a reporter for the “Mena Star” newspaper in rural Arkansas. She earned her bachelor's degree from Harvard University, where she wrote for the "Crimson" newspaper. After earning her master's degree from Vanderbilt University she spent ten years as an editor for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, during which time she also earned a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. She has continued to work as an educator and freelance writer throughout her career. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including "The Journal of Southern History," "The Oxford Companion to United States History," and "Writer's Digest."