Melinda Haynes

Melinda Haynes is an American novelist. She grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. For much of her adult life she was a painter. In 1999, she wrote her first published novel, Mother of Pearl, while living in a mobile home in Grand Bay, Alabama. Melinda Haynes currently resides in Mobile, Alabama with her husband, Ray. Her writing has a close relationship to Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s.

Works

In June 1999, Haynes' first novel, Mother of Pearl was chosen to be a member of Oprah's Book Club. The novel also was a New York Times' Best Seller.
Her second novel Chalktown was published by Hyperion Books in Hardback and Paperback.
Haynes's third book is titled, Willem's Field. Willem's Field is a 432-page print hardback and paperback book.