| Melinda Haynes | |
| Birth Date: | December 3, 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Genre: | Southern Gothic |
| Movement: | Modernism, stream of consciousness |
| Notableworks: | Mother of Pearl, Chalktown (2001), Willem's Field (2003) |
Melinda Haynes (born December 3, 1955) is an American novelist. She grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. For much of her adult life she was a painter. In 1999, she wrote her first published novel, Mother of Pearl, while living in a mobile home in Grand Bay, Alabama.[1] Melinda Haynes currently resides in Mobile, Alabama with her husband, Ray. Her writing has a close relationship to Mississippi in the 1950s and 1960s.
In June 1999, Haynes' first novel, Mother of Pearl (1999,, hardcover) was chosen to be a member of Oprah's Book Club. The novel also was a New York Times Best Seller.
Her second novel Chalktown (May 2, 2001,, hardcover) was published by Hyperion Books in Hardback (317 pp) and Paperback (368 pp).
Haynes's third book is titled, Willem's Field (2003,). Willem's Field is a 432-page print hardback and paperback book.