Melissa de la Cruz
Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 New York Times, #1 Publishers Weekly and #1 IndieBound bestselling author of Isle of the Lost and Return to the Isle of the Lost as well as many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. Her books have also topped the USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists and have been published in more than twenty countries.
A former fashion and beauty editor, Melissa has written for the New York Times, Marie Claire,Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Allure, the San Francisco Chronicle,McSweeney’s, Teen Vogue, CosmoGirl! and Seventeen. She has also appeared as an expert on fashion, trends and fame for CNN, E! and Fox News.
Melissa grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from the Convent of the Sacred Heart. At Columbia University, she majored in art history and English. Today she lives in Los Angeles and Palm Springs with her husband and daughter.
Speculative Fiction Novels (38)
Never After: The Missing Sword (The Chronicles of Never After #4 of 4) 2023 | fantasy, young adult | Release date December 5, 2023 |
The League (The League #1 of 1) 2023 | fantasy, young adult, adventure | Release date TBA |
Blue Bloods Book 9 (Blue Bloods #9 of 9) 2023 | fantasy, young adult | Release date 2023 |
Never After: The Broken Mirror (The Chronicles of Never After #3 of 4) 2022 | fantasy, young adult |
After Life (Blue Bloods #8 of 9) 2022 | fantasy, young adult |
Never After: The Stolen Slipper (The Chronicles of Never After #2 of 4) 2022 | fantasy, young adult |
The Queen's Secret (The Queen's Assassin #2 of 2) 2021 | fantasy > high fantasy, young adult |
Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy (The Chronicles of Never After #1 of 4) 2020 | fantasy, young adult |
The Queen's Assassin (The Queen's Assassin #1 of 2) 2020 | fantasy > high fantasy, young adult |
Escape from the Isle of the Lost (Descendants #4 of 4) 2019 | fantasy, young adult |
White Nights (The New Blue Bloods Coven #2 of 2) 2017 | fantasy |
The Lily and the Cross (The Ring and the Crown #2 of 2) 2017 | fantasy, young adult |
Rise of the Isle of the Lost (Descendants #3 of 4) 2017 | fantasy, young adult |
Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants #2 of 4) 2016 | fantasy, young adult |
Golden (Heart of Dread #3 of 3) 2016 | fantasy, young adult |
Triple Moon: Summer on East End (The Beauchamp Family) 2015 | fantasy, young adult |
Isle of the Lost (Descendants #1 of 4) 2015 | fantasy, young adult |
Stolen (Heart of Dread #2 of 3) 2014 | fantasy, young adult |
Vampires of Manhattan (The New Blue Bloods Coven #1 of 2) 2014 | fantasy |
The Ring and the Crown (The Ring and the Crown #1 of 2) 2014 | fantasy, young adult |
Frozen (Heart of Dread #1 of 3) 2013 | fantasy, young adult |
Winds of Salem (The Beauchamp Family #3 of 3) 2013 | fantasy |
The Gates of Paradise (Blue Bloods #7 of 9) 2013 | fantasy, young adult |
Wolf Pact (Wolf Pact) 2012 | fantasy, collection, young adult |
Serpent's Kiss (The Beauchamp Family #2 of 3) 2012 | fantasy |
Wolf Pact: Part Four (Wolf Pact #4 of 4) 2012 | fantasy, young adult |
Wolf Pact: Part Three (Wolf Pact #3 of 4) 2012 | fantasy, young adult |
Wolf Pact: Part Two (Wolf Pact #2 of 4) 2012 | fantasy, young adult |
Wolf Pact: Part One (Wolf Pact #1 of 4) 2012 | fantasy, young adult |
Lost in Time (Blue Bloods #6 of 9) 2011 | fantasy, young adult |
Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family #1 of 3) 2011 | fantasy |
Bloody Valentine (Blue Bloods #5.5 of 9) 2010 | fantasy, young adult |
Misguided Angel (Blue Bloods #5 of 9) 2010 | fantasy, young adult |
Keys to the Repository (Blue Bloods #4.5 of 9) 2010 | fantasy, short stories, young adult |
The Van Alen Legacy (Blue Bloods #4 of 9) 2009 | fantasy, young adult |
Revelations (Blue Bloods #3 of 9) 2008 | fantasy, young adult |
Masquerade (Blue Bloods #2 of 9) 2007 | fantasy, young adult |
Blue Bloods (Blue Bloods #1 of 9) 2006 | fantasy, young adult |
Others non-spefi books (2)
Someone to Love 2018 | mainstream |
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe 2017 | mainstream |