Melissa Kay Moore, a Texas native, is a graduate from Texas State University. She grew up in Brownsville near South Padre Island and lives in San Antonio with her family. She founded Adventures Publishing to self-publish her books, and likes to help other indie writers publish their books too.

Melissa has published What’s Emoji?, Where’s Emoji?, and How’s Emoji? books in her playful, educational My First Emojis book series. The books promote literacy to help teach children to read with a fun, simple kind of rebus using emojis.

Melissa loves the ocean and supports several foundations helping to save our oceans and marine life from pollution. She in collaboration with marine biologist Dr. Christine Figgener, named Time’s Next Generation Leader, to bring you Poppy’s Purpose to Prevent Pollution the first book in the Footprint children’s book series to raise awareness by teaching children the harmful effects of plastics to our ocean friends and how they can help to keep our oceans clean.