Melinda Voss was an award-winning staff writer for the Des Moines Register for twenty-six years. She taught journalism at three universities and co-founded the Association of Health Care Journalists. Her work has appeared in USA Today, Gannett newspapers, Columbia Journalism Review, Harvard's Nieman Reports, the American Journal of Public Health, and A Field Guide for Science Writers. Now retired, she lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her dog, Bunny.