Melanie Craft
Encyclopedia
Melanie Craft is an American
novelist, who married Oracle
CEO Larry Ellison
in December 2003. She divorced Larry Ellison in September 2010.
Craft, a native of Pittsburgh
, graduated from Oberlin College
with a degree in archaeology
and spent a year at the American University in Cairo
. Before beginning her career as an author, she worked as a bartender, a house cleaner, a pastry chef, and a safari driver as she mentions on the cover of her first book.
She also was a staff member at the Deer Valley YMCA Camp located in Elk Lick, Pa.
United States
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novelist, who married Oracle
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
CEO Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. As of 2011, he is the third wealthiest American citizen, with an estimated worth of $33 billion.- Early life :Larry Ellison was born in the...
in December 2003. She divorced Larry Ellison in September 2010.
Craft, a native of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, graduated from Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
with a degree in archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
and spent a year at the American University in Cairo
American University in Cairo
The American University in Cairo is an independent, non-profit, apolitical, secular institution of higher learning located in Cairo, Egypt...
. Before beginning her career as an author, she worked as a bartender, a house cleaner, a pastry chef, and a safari driver as she mentions on the cover of her first book.
She also was a staff member at the Deer Valley YMCA Camp located in Elk Lick, Pa.
Books
- A Hard Hearted Man (Silhouette Intimate Moments, No. 870), 1998 ISBN 0373078706
- Trust Me, (2003 Warner Forever) ISBN 0446612855
- Man Trouble, (2004 Warner Forever) ISBN 0446612847
External links
- Melanie Craft author website
- A Day in the Life of... Melanie Craft - the San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chroniclethumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...