Welcome!

I’m Australian author Amelia Mellor. I grew up in regional Victoria, and now I live in Melbourne with lots of books, a jungle and a big fish tank — just like my characters! When I’m not writing, I like to draw, walk in nature, play indie games, and read dazzling new Aussie literature.

A photo of Amelia - a young white woman smiling at you, wearing a frilly dress and quirky earrings

Coming August 2025 - OCEANFORGED 1: The Wicked Ship

The realm of Aquinta has fallen into a dark age. And no one knows that better than thirteen-year-old Cori, who is fighting for her life in a pirate crew more beastly than Aquinta’s sea monsters.

But Cori's life changes when she finds the Oceanforged Gauntlet – a piece of armour belonging to the legendary Champions who once ruled the islands. Whoever wears the armour wields the Champions' magic and has the power to return Aquinta to its lost glory.

Cori must begin a treacherous journey to find the rest of the armour. But first, she'll have to escape from her captain, who craves the gauntlet's magic for himself …

Preorder THE WICKED SHIP here, or read more via the Coming Soon page!

Click the books below to find out more about the true Australian history that inspired my award-winning Grandest Bookshop Trilogy!

An illustrated cover of The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor, showing a 19th-century building with a rainbow on it. In its front windows are a curious girl and a worried boy, looking at a dashing gent in a top hat and a small bird..

The illustrated cover of The Bookseller's Apprentice by Amelia Mellor, showing two children in a busy Victorian-era market looking suspiciously at a dashing gent in a top hat.