Melinda Salisbury books

Melinda Salisbury is a British YA fantasy author known for The Sin Eater's Daughter trilogy and the Sorrow duology. Find all 15 of her books in reading order.

Short Stories/Novellas

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EchoStar 2024 Buy
AdelAIDE: just wants to help 2024 Buy

Sorrow Reading Order

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State of Sorrow 2018 Buy
Song of Sorrow 2019 Buy

Standalone Novels

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Floored 2018 Buy
Hold Back the Tide 2020 Buy
Her Dark Wings 2023 Buy
AdelAIDE Just Wants to Help… 2024 Buy
The Foundation 2025 Buy

The Sin Eater’s Daughter Reading Order

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The King of Rats 2016 N/A
Smrtící dotyk 2015 N/A
The Sin Eater’s Daughter 2015 Buy
The Sleeping Prince 2016 Buy
The Scarecrow Queen 2017 Buy
The Heart Collector 2017 Buy

Melinda Salisbury lives by the sea in the south of England and writes YA fantasy with a dark edge. Her debut, The Sin Eater’s Daughter (2015), introduced readers to Twylla, a girl whose touch is deadly, engaged to a prince in a kingdom built on fear and ritual. The book earned nominations for the Carnegie Medal, the Waterstones Children’s Book Award, and several other prizes.

The Sin Eater’s Daughter grew into a trilogy with The Sleeping Prince (2016) and The Scarecrow Queen (2017), each expanding the world and its political intrigue. Salisbury followed with the Sorrow duology — State of Sorrow (2018) and Song of Sorrow (2019) — and several standalone novels including Hold Back the Tide (2020) and Her Dark Wings (2023). Her more recent work, AdelAIDE Just Wants to Help… (2024), moves into speculative fiction territory. She has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal four times.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Melinda Salisbury written?

Melinda Salisbury has written fifteen books across four series.

What was Melinda Salisbury's first book?

Melinda Salisbury’s first book is Smrtící dotyk, published in 2015.

Has Melinda Salisbury won any awards?

The Sin Eater’s Daughter was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, the Waterstones Children’s Book Award, the Bookseller YA Book Prize, and the Branford Boase Award, all in 2015. Salisbury has received four Carnegie nominations across her career.

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