Writers in the Round February 12, 2009

Trish Murphy and Melanie Wells
At Bar Belmont
Writers in the Round: Love Songs and Sweets

A STRICTLY-FOR-FUN GATHERING OF ONE SMART-MOUTHED FICTION WRITER AND ONE LUCKY GUITAR, TRADING STORIES AND SONGS

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Taylor-Made Press
Lisa Taylor (214) 943-1099
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Catch two creative souls on Thursday, Feb. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Bar Belmont, 901 Fort Worth Avenue at Sylvan in Oak Cliff. Singer/songwriter Trish Murphy will join Dallas-based author Melanie Wells for a night of songs, stories and hand-made sweets. Admission is free. Call (877) 476-3378 for more information.

Recording artist Trish Murphy officially launched her music career after receiving a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Dallas, in Irving, and quitting her college job at The Wall Street Journal. Critically esteemed as a gender-defying songwriter who "stands toe to toe with the boys and rocks just as hard as they do," her discography includes four solo albums, three of which she released on her own label. She tours the U.S. and Europe, and the annual all-female Lilith Fair tour was a career highlight in the late 1990s. Her songs have also been recorded by fellow Texan Pat Green and CMT favorites Cross Canadian Ragweed. http://www.trishmurphy.com

Melanie Wells began her writing career by telling lies on the playground. A licensed psychotherapist and licensed marriage and family therapist and accomplished fiddle player (no, really - she went to SMU on a music scholarship), she is the author of the critically acclaimed Day of Evil series: When the Day of Evil Comes, The Soul Hunter, and My Soul to Keep. Melanie holds two masters degrees and is the founder and director of LifeWorks counseling associates, a collaborative, creative community of psychotherapists (www.wefixbrains.com). She lives in Dallas with her dog, Gunner, who wishes she would not spend so much time at her computer. http://www.melaniewells.com