Mel Charles

About

Mel Charles is a ‘retired’ civil engineer who spent decades designing infrastructure that people relied on without thinking about it. His fiction reflects a lifelong interest in systems, moral responsibility, and the hidden cost of decisions. Drawing deeply on his time living and working on the Sunshine Coast, he knows the light, river towns, and social rhythms of coastal Queensland. He believes some of the sharpest minds belong to people others have stopped noticing. Author of The Pelican Reach Mysteries.