The Healer’s Apprentice is a medieval fairy tale retelling by Melanie Dickerson, first published in 2010. The story reimagines Sleeping Beauty in a historical German setting, following Rose, a young woman training as a healer’s apprentice, and Lord Hamlin, a nobleman she is forbidden to love.
Dickerson is a Christian fiction author who has written multiple fairy tale retellings set in medieval Europe, blending romance, faith, and history. The Healer’s Apprentice was her debut novel and won the National Readers Choice Award and the Carol Award for debut novel from the American Christian Fiction Writers.