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

Out now!

Cole’s Book Arcade was three storeys tall — and the adventure that began with The Grandest Bookshop in the World is now three stories, too! Book 3: The Lost Book of Magic is available from all good bookshops!

Buy it here or read a sample!

And if you’d like to join in my launch season festivities, check out the Events page!

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.

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..