Baking for Dave

Melissa Palmer is a writer, nerd, baker, part-time kitchen dancer, and full-time mom. She pulls from herexperiences with her own daughters — the two superheroes who shape and guide her life — to create theworld and characters seen in Baking for Dave. Melissa was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award in short fiction, which was featured in the book Best New Writing in 2015.  Her short story “Mrs. MacMillan’s Garden” was nominated in 2013 for the Pushcart Prize, and she won the Atlantic Cape Community College Teacher “Pioneer Award” in 2016. When she’s not writing, she’s biking or running (either on theroad or after one of the many animals in her menagerie).

"If you seek to grasp what drives adolescents and adults with Sensory Processing Disorder, jump in and take a road trip with Iris, Maisy, and the folks who join them in their journey. Perceiving how they feel as they see, hear, taste, smell, and touch the world will give you a memorable ride. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it!"— Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., author of 'The Out-of-Sync Child Grows Up: Coping with SPD in the Adolescent and Young Adult Years'"While telling a compelling tale, Palmer tears away the shades that have been closed on one of the least understood problems many children have. She absolutely nails the descriptions of how one with sensory issues feels, producing images a reader is likely not to forget. . . it’s the clearest depiction of someone experiencing sensory issues I’ve ever read, and it’s so easy to read."— Autism Asperger’s Digest, August 2016 issue (Book Review by Lyn Dunsavage Young)