Mellissa Flowerdew-Clarke is an aspiring playwright and a recent graduate of the MA in Modern & Contemporary Writing at Loughborough University.She is the 2005 winner of the Crystal Clear Creators ‘Soliloquized’ competition, and her poetry is published in Dead Letter Office webzine and Machio magazine.Her playwriting is inspired by ‘in-yer-face’ theatre and her theatrical work has been performed at Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth.