Melissa Meszaros in conversation

Author reading and live Q&A with Melissa Meszaros about her new book, HEAVY METAL HEADBANG, rock and roll, comics and living with a traumatic brain injury.

After being hit by a car on the way to a Judas Priest concert, Melissau2019s life and career as an entertainment publicist is turned upside down by a traumatic brain injury. This raises questions of personal integrity, all the while facing an uphill legal battle because of her tattooed, pierced appearance.

Biographical info:

Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Melissa Meszaros has set the precedent for breaking tropes and forging the way for the modern nomadic. As tenured entertainment industry publicist, Melissa is also the founder of Grrrl Front PDX Music Festival and the comic book publicity firm, Donu2019t Hide PR. She is a self-proclaimed grunge aficionado, graduate of Antioch University Los Angelesu2019 MFA in Creative Writing, and proudly shares a birthday with Melvins leader, Buzz Osborne.