Melody Warnick

I'm the author of "This Is Where You Belong" (Penguin, 2016), a practical guide to becoming happier, more connected, and more at home in your hometown, and "If You Could Live Anywhere," a book about how location-independent people (and really anyone) can choose where to live and love it. My books have been featured in the likes of the New York Times, Time, Fast Company, Psychology Today, the Boston Globe, and others, and I've written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, Slate, Reader’s Digest, The Guardian, Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, and others. I'm a lover of travel, parades, walks, bookstores, libraries, small towns, sweets, cat videos, and BBC crime dramas. A regular speaker about how residents can thrive in their communities, I live with my family in Blacksburg, Virginia. (Spoiler: We're pretty darn happy here.) You can find out more at melodywarnick.com.