Meeting Sophia Loren and speaking with her in Italian & receiving a handwritten letter from her!
Studentessa Matta featured in the Austin Statesman and the article is picked up by the USA Today Network
Read the Austin Statesman Article Online
Studentessa Matta Blog
Awarded Best Resource to Learn Italian
Tutorful Link
Studentessa Matta featured in Magazine – February 2021 Edition
L’Italo-Americana Article
Dream of Italy Book Club Interview
April 7, 2021
The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola
Watch the entire Interview!
Studentessa Matta Blog Ranked Top 100 Language Lovers BLogs by Bab.La/Lexiophiles
Studentessa Matta Blog
Ranked Top 100 Language Lovers Blogs by Bab.La/Lexiophiles
In previous years the site was also Awarded
and Recognized as a Top Language Learning Blog
bab.la | Lexiophiles.com Top Language Learning Blogs in World:
2010 – Top 100 Language Blogs
2011 Top 100 Language Blogs
2012 #22 out of 100 Top Blogs
2013 #6 Twitter Feed & #8 Language Blog
2014 Twitter Feed Nominated
Eternally Artemisia winner of Reader Views 2021 Gold Award For
Adult Classic Fiction
“The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola” Winner
of Reader Views Silver Award 2021 Historical Fiction
The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola Winner of Reader Views 2021 Silver Award For Historical Fiction
“Eternally Artemisia
Winner of Reader Views Gold Award 2021 Adult Classic Fiction
Dreaming Sophia Winner of Reader Views 2018 Gold Award Literary Fiction
Dreaming Sophia Winner of Reader Views
2018 Literary Fiction Award FIRST PLACE
Dreaming Sophia & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt
Waking Isabella Winner of Reader Views 2019 Silver Award for Literary Fiction
Waking Isabella Winner of Reader Views
2019 Literary Fiction Award SECOND PLACE
Waking Isabella & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt
Featured on Wiki.ezvid.com: 6 Female Authors with Strong Passionat Voices
Featured on Wiki.ezvid.com: 6 Female Authors
with Strong Passionate Voices by Sheila O’Neill 8/2020
Feature on the Maria Liberati Show
2021
Featured on the Maria Liberati Show
Where Food Meets Art, Travel and Life
2019 Presentation of Waking Isabella
in Arezzo, Italy
Watch the Video!
2019 Eternally Artemisia Featured Book
of the Month Women’s Writers
2017 – 2020 Book Presentations
Italy & U.S.
Rome, Montepulciano, Arezzo,
San Francisco, Austin
2017 Guest Speaker at the
Italian Institute in San Francisco
2013 & 2014 Italy Magazine Blogging Awards
2014 Italy Magazine Blogger Award BEST SINGLE POST: ART & Culture
2013 Italy Magazine Blogger Award “Best Art & Culture Blog”
2014 Voice of Italy
Voice of Italy @I_am_Italy twitter feed (2014) (the rotation curation Twitter project for Italy). February 9-16 2014 – Week 58: Mattia project coordinator writes: “Melissa, I have to say it was a really interesting week! I liked the variety of your comments! The week has come to an end, but this does not mean the end of the collaboration, you can continue interacting with the page, the project, and spreading the word! We’ll continue following you @italiamelissa, for sure! Do the same, folks! 🙂