Keith Melo was born in a US Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan, in 1990.

He is American by birthright and ethnically Filipino Caucasian. He spent his entire childhood as a military brat, accustomed to diverse cultures, and has been voted the best artist in many of his classes growing up in DoDEA Pacific Schools, where art isn't as valued. With several degrees, two of which are artistic degrees, and as a United States Army veteran, he spent a lifelong journey understanding the world.

Tragedy and xenofiction are what he specializes in, having a new aspiration of telling good stories that are not always exclusive to humanity but sentients at large. Keith's transition between industries presented challenges, but he ultimately discovered a fresh avenue to express his creative freedom. 

He strives to read and write more after finding inspiration from Michael Crichton, Guy Gavriel Kay, Harlan Ellison, Robin Hobb, and Richard Adams. Inspiring himself to create a bibliography of meaningful nonhuman characters and unique points of view, he no longer fears his dyslexia, which he has been battling his entire life.