Melinda Salisbury is a successful young adult fiction author, originally from the West Midlands of England. As a child, she had always dreamed of becoming a veterinary practitioner, driven by her love for animals. However, her creativity shone through as she would spend hours organizing decorative glass stones into different colors to represent various characters in her imagined worlds. She would create complex stories with love affairs between queens and jesters, and princes and witches, building intricate plots and worlds for her characters. This childhood habit of creating fantastical worlds has translated into her career as a young adult fiction author.
Salisbury is known for her series, The Sin Eater's Daughter, which has earned her four Carnegie Medal nominations. Her books have been published in 14 countries and have been shortlisted for several national and international awards, including the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Edgar Awards in the United States. She has also expanded her repertoire to include non-fiction, with her latest release being a Persephone origin story titled Her Dark Wings.
In addition to her writing, Salisbury is an avid traveler who enjoys adventures and medieval castles. She has a fascination with Scandinavian culture and non-medieval aquariums. Salisbury currently resides in the south of England, near the sea, where she enjoys wildlife photography in her free time.
Salisbury can be found on Twitter, where she tweets frequently and enjoys engaging with her readers. She has a fondness for Roald Dahl's Matilda, having been mistakenly called by that name by her grandfather and sharing Matilda's love for the library. Unfortunately, she never manifested telekinetic powers like the character. Despite her love for fantasy, Salisbury prefers watching historical dramas such as The Musketeers and Vikings over reality TV or soap operas. She is drawn to stories of people figuring out who they are and their place in society, which is a common theme in her young adult fiction.