Early Life and Education
Meloy was born in Helena, Montana. His sister is Maile Meloy, an author often published in The New Yorker.
Meloy attended the University of Oregon in Eugene for two years, studying English, before returning to Montana and enrolling in the creative writing program at the University of Montana in Missoula. He graduated in 1998.
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