Melody Beattie is a best selling author and journalist. She has written fourteen books and published hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles during the course of her 24-year writing career.

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota she now lives in Southern California.

Her hobbies include skydiving, Yoga, travel and hiking.

Beattie has been a frequent guest on many national television shows, including Oprah. She and her books have been featured in national publications including Time and People, and most major newspapers in the United States and Canada.

“Beattie understands being overboard, which helps her throw bestselling lifelines to those still adrift.”-- Time