Press Coverage

2023

Grand Haven Tribune
Snowbound Writers Contest winners announced — April 1, 2023

Booklife
Indie Spotlight: Romance and Relationship Books Part 2 — March 27, 2023 (Chasing the Moon)

Publisher’s Weekly
Indie Spotlight: March 2023 — March 24, 2023 (Chasing the Moon)

2022

Grand Haven Tribune
Local author pens new young adult novel — October 11, 2022

Top Indie Favorites — October 2022 (Chasing the Moon)
Barnes and Noble Press

SCBWI in the Mitten — September 2022
Hugs and Hurrahs

Shepard.com — June 2022
The Best Teen Books About Sports (and so much more)

Kevin Craig Author Blog — May 3, 2022
Melanie Hooyenga’s The Book of Good: Pride

Grand Haven Tribune — March 2,  2022
Local author shows ‘Gratitude’ by supporting mental health

The Lakeshore West Michigan — March 1, 2022
Grand Haven author uses gratitude journal to support mental health

2021

YA Book Central — December 9, 2021
Featured Review: Chasing the Stars (Melanie Hooyenga)

Grand Haven Tribune — September 22, 2021
Local Author Pens New Novel

2020

Barnes & Noble Press Blog — December 8, 2020
The Best Indie eBooks of 2020

The Lakeshore West Michigan — August 19, 2020
Local Author’s Latest Novel is a Flashback to Simpler Times: The Summer of 2017

Grand Haven Tribune — August 19, 2020
Local Author Pens Romance Novel

2018

Grand Haven Tribune — November 3, 2018
Hooyenga releases third novel in series

Holland Sentinel — March 10, 2018
Local Author: Melanie Hooyenga Writes the Second Book in Young Adult Series

2017

Grand Haven Tribune — March 1, 2017
Hooyenga Pens New Novel

2016

Grand Haven Tribune — February 15, 2016
Local Author Wins National Writing Contest

2015

Grand Haven Tribune — June 15, 2015
Local Author Releases Final Book in Trilogy

2013

Explorer News — May 15, 2013
‘Flicker’ is a great read for both adults or teens