Melissa Wiley


Melissa Anne Peterson, known by her pen name Melissa Wiley, is an author of children's books, known especially for two book series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's ancestors: The Martha Years and The Charlotte Years. She is a contributing writer at Wired.com's GeekMom blog and co-writes a webcomic with her husband, Scott Peterson, and illustrator Chris Gugliotti.

Personal life

Wiley resides in Portland, Oregon with her husband, comic book editor and author Scott Peterson, and six children. One of her sons has hearing loss. Her oldest daughter had leukemia, but recovered. She is a stay-at-home mom and homeschools her children.

Books

Nonfiction

  • Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena
  • Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy

    Fiction

  • Anastasia: Together in Paris
  • Hanna's Christmas
  • Fox and Crow Are Not Friends
  • The Prairie Thief
  • Inch and Roly Make a Wish
  • Inch and Roly and the Very Small Hiding Place
  • Inch and Roly and the Sunny Day Scare
  • The Nerviest Girl in the World
Little House: The Martha Years

Published by HarperCollins.
  1. Little House in the Highlands
  2. The Far Side of the Loch
  3. Down to the Bonny Glen
  4. Beyond the Heather Hills
Little House: The Charlotte Years

Published by HarperCollins.
  1. Little House by Boston Bay
  2. On Tide Mill Lane
  3. The Road from Roxbury
  4. Across the Puddingstone Dam
Carmen Sandiego Mysteries

Published by HarperCollins and credited to Melissa Peterson.