Melissa Brooks MacVicar

Nantucket, MA. Melissa was born and raised on Nantucket. She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a BA in English and Boston University School of Social Work with an MSW. Melissa taught in the Nantucket Public Schools for 20 years before retiring in 2023. She is the author of three young adult novels set on Nantucket, and she now publishes a Nantucket history blog on Substack. In addition to the Atheneum Board, she also serves as the Vice President of the Board of the Hospital Thrift Shop.