USA Today Bestselling Romance Author, Melody Heck Gatto was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she lives with her husband, son, dog, and two cats.
Melody writes Spicy Sports Romance and On the Sweeter-Side Contemporary Romance under the alias of Mary Alice O'Dell. Her books have Cinnamon Roll Heros and are light on the angst, because sometimes the world can be cruel enough and a little bit of romance makes life better.
The whole family are avid Pittsburgh Penguins fans and like going to hockey games when they get the chance. Melody is a Hallmark movie junkie. She adores the cutesy movies and the sometimes cliché romance and loves to get swept away in it all as well as the Hallmark Mystery series. She also enjoys binge-watching her favorite tv shows like General Hospital, Gilmore Girls, Murder She Wrote, and The Way Home.