I love what I do, and it is lovely to be acknowledged for it!

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2023 Guest Post for Women’s Writers Group
“A letter from Artemisia Gentileschi to the author”

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2022 Interview with Silvia Zucca Best-selling Italian
“La guida astrologica per cuori infranti”
(now a hit series on Netflix)

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2016 Meeting Sophia Loren and speaking with her in Italian & receiving a handwritten letter from her!

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2022 Interview with Felicia Kingsley – Best-selling Italian author of “Prima regola: non innamorarsi”

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2021 Studentessa Matta was featured in the Austin Statesman, and the USA Today Network picks up the article

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2018 Studentessa Matta Blog
Awarded Best Resource to Learn Italian

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Studentessa Matta featured Italo-Americano Magazine
February 2021 Edition

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The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola Book Club selection of the month by Dream of Italy Book Club
Author Interview April 7, 2021

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Studentessa Matta’s 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

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2021 Book Awards

Eternally Artemisia winner of Reader Views 2021 Gold Award For Adult Classic Fiction

The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola Winner of Reader Views 2021 Silver Award For Historical Fiction

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2019 Book Awards

Waking Isabella Winner of Reader Views 2019 Silver Award for Literary Fiction

Waking Isabella & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

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2018 Book Awards

Dreaming Sophia Winner of Reader Views 2018 Gold Award Literary Fiction

Dreaming Sophia & Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

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Featured on Wiki.ezvid.com: 6 Female Authors with Strong Passionate Voices

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Featured on the Maria Liberati Show
2021

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2019 Presentation of Waking Isabella
in Arezzo, Italy

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2019 & 2023 Eternally Artemisia Featured Book
of the Month Women’s Writers

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2017 – 2020 Book Presentations
Italy & U.S., Rome, Montepulciano, Arezzo,
San Francisco, Austin

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2017 Guest Speaker at the
Italian Institute in San Francisco

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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”

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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! 🙂

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Radio Interviews with Melissa

Radio Interview with Cher Hale about how Melissa went Matta for Italian

Waking Isabella — Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

Eternally Artemisia — Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

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The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola — Melissa Muldoon with Reader Views host Sheri Hoyt

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2015 Interview for INSPIRERY

2015 Interview for IdeaMensch