Amelia Mellor

Amelia Mellor is the author of the award-winning Grandest Bookshop Trilogy, a fantasy series for children based on Melbourne history. She started writing when she was eight years old, wrote plays for her high school in VCE, and holds postgraduate degrees in creative writing and teaching (primary and secondary). When Amelia isn’t writing, surrounded by her collection of matryoshkas and tropical fish, she enjoys drawing, spotting wildlife and playing indie puzzle games. Her new five-part children’s fantasy series Oceanforged launched in August 2025.