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Melinda Metz
Find out more about the author of the "Roswell High" books.
"I was developing the "Roswell High" series for Pocket Books." Laura J. Burns told Crashdown's
Kdberg. "Melinda, at that time, was making the jump to full-time writer. So I was able to bring
her on after I had developed the characters, the story arcs and the tone of the series."
Melinda added that Laura had already come up with the characters of Max and Liz, Michael
and Maria, Alex and Isabel and Valenti and the arc for the first six books.
"It was perfect because I could hire Melinda and we could keep working together, which was
great and, I think, just good timing. It was perfect for both of us." Laura said and Melinda added
"Then together we fleshed out the individual plots for the books–although Laura had all the
initial stuff. But we got to do what we used to do, which is sit around and brainstorm and figure
out stuff together, which is fun."
Based on the young adults book series the weekly TV series was developed by writer-executive
producer Jason Katims. Apart from the first book "The Outsider" and the pilot being almost
identical, the story of "Roswell" follows a completely different plot.
Jason Katims explained to Starlog in 2002 that "The books have always lived in a parallel
universe that's different from the show. What Melinda has done with the books and what we've
gone on to do with the show – we've both used the first book as the jumping-off point, but we've
gone in different directions, so the characters, their experiences and what happens to them is
different."
After the pilot episode aired on October 6th, 1999, the books were re-released with new cover
art very soon.
Based on the television show, two novels were released during the series' original run, with
eight additional books being released after the series ended. Being on the writing staff of the
third season, Laura J. Burns penned the seventh book of the new series "Quarantine", which
was released in March 2003.
Sadly, neither the "Roswell High" nor the "Roswell" are in print anymore, but you can buy
digital versions of Melinda Metz's "Roswell High" books.
Read the full interview with Melinda Metz and Laura J. Burns.
Please find some information on the "Roswell High" book series by Melinda Metz below.
#01 - The Outsider
Sadly, the books are no longer in print, but you can buy a digital version.
Based on the young adults book series the weekly TV series "Roswell" was developed by writer-
executive producer Jason Katims. Apart from the first book "The Outsider" and the pilot being
almost identical, the story of "Roswell" follows a completely different plot.
Based on the television show, two novels were released during the series' original run, with
eight additional books being released after the series ended. Being on the writing staff of the
third season, Laura J. Burns penned the seventh book of the new series "Quarantine", which
was released in March 2003.
Sadly, neither the "Roswell High" nor the "Roswell" are in print anymore, but you can buy
digital version of Melinda Metz's "Roswell High" books.
#04 - Shades
#06 - Dreamwalk
#07 - Quarantine
#09 - Pursuit
#10 - Nightscape
Sadly, the books are no longer in print, but you can buy a digital version.
Melinda Metz
Added by Lena
Melinda Metz was born and raised in San Jose, California. Her great-grandfather is from
Bavaria. Melinda grew up with two brothers, a dog named Spot, one rabbit, two guinea pigs as
well as a cat named Smokey.
She started her first writting attempts in primary school. After college in California, she went
to New York. There she worked as laundress, light technician etc. at "off-off-off-Broadway"
plays - and additionally in a supermarket.
Later she worked as editor and she wrote the book series "Roswell High" which was the base
for the television show "Roswell". For a long time she didn't saw herself as an authoress. She
said "It seemed tons of ME that writers were somehow special in A way that I wasn't."
Today Melinda Metz lives Los Angeles - together with a pen-eating dog named Dodger. Her
request: "I hope the young adults today won't as slow as I which tons go for their dreams." Along
with Laura J. Burns, Melinda wrote the script for "A Tale Of Two Parties" an episode in
Roswell's third season. This experience was unique for both of them. It was the first time for
them that they have written for a televison series. An other engagement as write became
Melinda one year later for the tv show "The Dead Zone" and for "Missing".
Besides the Roswell High books a seven book series "Fingerprints" (Echoes) was written by her,
too. They are about a girl, which can hear the thoughts of people by touching their
fingerprints. Again a book series which makes addicted.
Furthermore she wrote books for the "Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson" book series and
"Goosebumps". Together with Laura J. Burns, she wrote many books based on episodes of
various televison shows.
One of her recent writing project is called "Wright and Wong". The second book in the series,
The Case of the Nana-Napper, was nominated for a juvenile Edgar.