Glennon Doyle Melton

Glennon Doyle Melton was born as Glennon Doyle on March 20, 1976 in Burke, Virginia, USA. She has a sister named Amanda. During her teenage, she had to spend some time in a mental hospital. Melton attended the James Madison University and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from there in 1998. During her time at the university, she was a part of the Sigma Kappa sorority.

Talking about the American author’s love life, she was married to Craig Melton from 2004 to 2016. The couple had three children, two daughters and a son. After this, Glennon Doyle Melton went on to marry her girlfriend Abby Wambach on May 14, 2017. As of now, the author is active on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has hundreds of thousands of followers on these social networking sites.

In 2009, Glennon Doyle Melton started her online writing career with the creation of the blog named Momastery. Within a few years’ time, her writing gained immense popularity, thanks to her funny and conversational tone of writing! In 2011, her memoir titled ‘Carry On, Warrior’ was published. The memoir became a huge success which ultimately led to the growth of Melton’s social media audience. Two years later, the memoir ‘Carry On, Warrior’ earned the ‘Books for a Better Life Best Relationship Award’. It also went on to be a finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards in the category ‘Best Memoir & Autobiography’.

Due to her increasing online popularity, she was invited to give a TEDx talk in 2013. In her talk titled ‘Lessons from the Mental Hospital,’ she discussed the emotional problems she faced as a teen and what she learned during the time she spent in a mental hospital while recovering from her psychological issues.

In 2014, she and her blog Momastery received an award for ‘Best All-Around at Social Media’ from Parents Magazine. The American author wrote the book ‘Love Warrior’ in 2016. This book was selected to be a part of Oprah's Book Club 2.0. Currently, Melton also serves as a professional public speaker.