Melinda Salisbury
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Melinda Salisbury

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Melinda Salisbury is the four-time Carnegie nominated and bestselling author of multiple teen and young adult novels, including the Sin Eater's Daughter series, Hold Back the Tide, and Her Dark Wings, a Guardian Children's Book of the Year 2022 and a Reading Agency Book of the Year 2022 pick.

Her first novel, The Sin Eater's Daughter, was the bestselling UK YA debut novel of 2015. Collectively her books have been nominated and shortlisted for numerous national and international awards, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the YA Book Prize, the Branford Boase, the Edgar Awards, the 2016 and 2019, 2021 and 2023 Carnegie medals, YALSA Best YA 2022, Eason's YA Book of the Month, and more. Her books have been published in sixteen countries to date.

Melinda is a 2026 RLF Fellow and works as a writing mentor and developmental editor. In her free time she volunteers at a local independent cinema on the East Sussex Coast.
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