Who is this Hamlett chick?

My Literary Agent:
Scott Mendel
Mendel Media Group, LLC
115 W. 30th St.
Suite 800
NY, NY 10001
(646) 239-9896

I’m a writer, storyteller, nomad, and crazy-person-magnet who’s usually living in NYC, New Mexico, or on the road somewhere in my truck – just think of it as a giant backpack I can drive and sleep in.

For the majority of my adult life, I’ve been living all over the United States, usually sleeping in a truck, tent, camoflage trailer in people’s driveways, wooden box in a back yard, cubicle made out of sheets in an office building in Queens, or some other free living arrangement. I’ve also been working all over the country as a white water raft guide, Outward Bound instructor, ski instructor, outdoor educator, construction worker, waitress, fast food worker, set dresser in the film industry, and as god-knows-what for weird “jobs” I find on craigslist (I prefer to call them adventures). Somehow I’ve found myself pursuing, yet again, a career that doesn’t pay or provide health insurance – storytelling.

I update this blog regularly with pictures and stories from Summer Tour 2009, former travels, and current escapades all over the country. Oh, yeah, and if you hadn’t notice already, I’m narcoleptic.

I’m also a two-time Moth Storyslam Champion and can be seen telling stories there and all over NYC when I’m not living in my truck on the road. (I do shower before these shows).

Thanks for reading my stories (typos and all) and I hope you’re having a random, adventure-filled day.

This is where I’m currently living in New Mexico while I’m writing my book. Come September, I’ll be back in New York, living in the truck at a campsite outside of the city.

and this is where I take a crap

To see more photos of where I live, click here http://melaniehamlett.com/2011/05/13/rich-people-arent-the-only-ones-with-summer-homes/

To see the story of how I even made bedbugs fun, and ended on Dr. Oz talking about it in front of 5 million people, click here

http://melaniehamlett.com/2009/12/06/how-bedbugs-got-me-on-televison/

To see the New York Times article I was mentioned in, click the link below.

A link to the story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/arts/09spare.html?_r=4

These are a couple stories from my former life:

I lived in a cubicle in an office space with 12 other people when I first moved to NYC

to see the pics, click here:
http://melaniehamlett.com/2009/05/06/my-first-home-in-nyc-a-cubicle-made-of-sheets/

When I wasn’t living in my truck, I lived in this camoflage trailer in New Mexico that had no bathroom or running water and was way smaller than my most current trailer. Coyotes also used to break into it.

This is a story about voting in Joshua Tree during the 2008 elections and some of the people who lived there. It’s also about murder.

http://melaniehamlett.com/2009/06/09/i-met-sarah-palin-in-joshua-tree/