About Melissa Riordan
Almost forty years ago, Melissa Riordan asked God to give her a story to write so Jewish girls would know their rich history and know about Jesus Christ in that history. Melissa also prayed she would finish the story quickly and make lots of money.
Thirty years later, she finished Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, an epic tale about the ongoing spiritual battle between Babylon and Jerusalem lived out through the characters: King Nebuchadnezzar; the prophets Jeremiah, Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; and Nebuchadnezzar’s love interest, Aridatha of Jerusalem.
During those decades, she also worked in other writing genres building her RIORDAN CLASSICS: screenplay form, The Sign of Jonah; educational non-fiction, Learning by THE BOOK; and the campaign to acknowledge God in the U.S. Constitution, UNDER GOD, We the People, Returning to Our Roots.
Most recently, she added NOWHERE TO RUN, NOWHERE TO HIDE, Behold, I am Coming Soon, to RIORDAN CLASSICS.
Although she has never reached her goal of finishing her work quickly, she still aspires to it. On the other hand, making lots of money has faded into the woodwork, overwhelmed by her deeper goal: