Grace. Faith. Peace. Melanie L. Houston endeavors to live life with these words in mind. With a burgeoning testimony of the faithfulness of God, she established Alabaster Box Media Group, a boutique Christian multimedia publishing group, in 2013. Houston’s passion is to marry art and literature while speaking to contemporary spiritual and social issues. Her writing and publishing footprint began as an executive editor for an award-winning publishing house, an international magazine, and several independent publishers. As an executive editor, Houston was a ghostwriter for state supreme court justices and executive officers and directed a staff of editors and local and national writers.

With a Master of Arts degree in labor and human resource management from The Ohio State University, Houston’s management and consulting experience spans several industries. She is also a graduate of Capital University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in art therapy. To give back and make an impact, Houston fuses her writing and consulting experience to develop and manage grant writing processes for several nonprofit organizations.

Houston’s previous publications include Rivers of Grace: Poems of Redemption & Restoration and When the Devil is Beating His Wife: A Christian Perspective on Domestic Violence & Recovery, with co-author Dr. Iris Cooper. Through My Afrikah Hair, she extends her voice, reach, and audience featuring the art of Bahamian native Philece Roberts. Melanie and her husband, Dan, enjoy their covenant journey with family (including three grandchildren) and friends throughout the United States and the Bahamas. Find Melanie, elegant art and other publications at www.alabasterboxmedia.com and www.melaniehouston.net.