Rachel Cock­erell is an author and his­to­ri­an, born in 1994 and raised in Lon­don. Melt­ing Point is her first book. Her research has tak­en her to Texas, Ohio, New York, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. She has spo­ken about her work on CNN, the BBC, TEDx, and at the Texas Jew­ish His­tor­i­cal Society.