Melissa Major grew up in rural Ontario and now resides in Toronto. Her 3 university degrees are in Theatre, Psychology and Fine Arts Education. By 2010 she will have completed an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph (Guelph-Humber Campus) with a focus on Playwriting.

Awards for her work include the York University President's Prize for Playwriting in 2004 (Art is a Cupboard), 2006 (Unicorn Horns) and 2007 (Kicking and Smiling). Art is a Cupboard was also a finalist for the Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award in Bala Cynwyd, PA (USA) and a semi-finalist for Reverie Productions' Next Generation Playwriting Contest in New York, NY (2006). As well selected in the hotINK 2007 playwriting competition where it was produced in New York, NY. Her only children's play Wanda T. Grimsby, Detective Extraordinaire won the 2006 Summer Shorts Festival Playwriting Competition, where the play was produced by Youth Education OnStage in Williston, North Dakota. One of her short plays, Delly's Belly was a finalist for the 2006 Emerging Artist Theatre's Fall EATfest award in New York, where it garnered a staged reading.

Her plays have been produced in Toronto, Hong Kong, New York City, Williston, ND, Royal Oak, MI, Kitchener/Waterloo and the metropolis of Kincardine, Ontario.

Although her focus is on writing, she also makes a habit of parading around in other hats, such as the intricate director's hat, the organized stage manager`s hat, the flashy publicist`s hat, the inventive actor's hat and the illustrious poet's hat.

She has curated many cabarets featuring some of Toronto's top performers, comedians, musicians and poets (Floozy Cabaret at the Annex Theatre, Music and Mayhem at The Paddock, Gender Bender at The Victory Café, Coitus Imaginus at Rancho Relaxo and The Secrets Party at a secret location).

On a personal level, she enjoys cycling, painting and conducting obscure psychological research in her spare time. She has an extremely delightful family.