atherine Mellen is an American poet, author and blogger.\xa0 Born in 1969 Lowell Massachusetts.\xa0 She wrote her first poem at age fourteen and quickly adapted her love for words.\xa0 Shamed by the childhood she lived, she became a cook and caterer for nearly three decades.\xa0 An auto accident at age forty-five, left her disabled and a victim to horrifying repressed memories.\xa0 In 2018 she started a blog where she shattered her silence on childhood trauma, family secrets and unsolved murders in her hometown.