Melissa Giannini is a writer and editor in New York. Contact her here.

Previously, she was the features director for Elle, editor-at-large for Damn Joan, editor-in-chief of Nylon, an associate editor for Spin, and the staff music writer of Detroit’s Metro Times.

She has an MFA in writing and literature, nonfiction, from the Bennington Writing Seminars and a journalism degree from Michigan State University. Her writing can be found here.