Melissa Dalton Martinez is the author of three different editions of "The Story of Doctor Dolittle," which include the "Revised, Newly Illustrated" novel, the "Children's Picture Book Edition," and the "Coloring and Activity Book."

Melissa has worked in the book publishing industry since 2003. Today she is the executive producer and host of the hit online show, The Book Break.

Melissa is the mother of three imaginative children ages eleven, nine, and six. As a lover of books, she started buying and reading massive amounts of children's books from the first day she found out she was pregnant with her oldest child.

Today, Melissa still buys, and reads with her children, huge amounts of children's books. Her talented husband, Gama Ray Martinez, contributes to this growing children's book library as an author of more than 17 books for school-age children.

When they're not reading or writing, the Martinez family can be found enjoying a variety of activities like playing with their Golden Retriever, hiking, swimming (and scuba diving for Melissa and Gama), traveling, playing video games, and watching fun movies (usually in the fantasy or science fiction genre).