Melissa De La Cruz
Melissa De La Cruz has written at least 128 books. Their most popular book is Blue Bloods with 145 saves with an average rating of 3.57⭐.
Author Bio
Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 New York Times, #1 Publisher’s Weekly and #1 IndieBound bestselling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novels for readers of all ages. Many of her more than fifty books have also topped USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists and been published in over twenty countries.
De la Cruz’s novel, The Isle of the Lost, the prequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants, spent more than fifty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, fifteen at #1, and has over a million copies in print. Descendants starring Kristen Chenoweth and Dove Cameron was the #1 cable TV movie of 2015, and #5 of all time, and its soundtrack the #1 bestselling album on iTunes. The series’ subsequent books, Return to the Isle of the Lost and Rise of the Isle of the Lost, were also New York Times bestsellers for many weeks.
De la Cruz is also known for the Blue Bloods series (with three million copies in print), and the Witches of East End series. Her recent book releases include New York Times bestsellers The Queen’s Assassin and the Alex & Eliza series, as well as the graphic novel Gotham High and The Birthday Girl. Her next release is her upcoming middle grade series launch, Never After, publishing December 2020.
De la Cruz’s Hallmark Christmas movies, Christmas in Angel Falls and Pride Prejudice and Mistletoe (based on her novel), were both the top-rated movies for their Christmas season on the Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. 29 Dates, her YA novel about a Korean exchange student, will soon be a feature-length movie on Disney’s streaming service, Disney+.
Melissa is also the founder and principal of Melissa de la Cruz Studio at Disney Publishing, which will create and package books in every genre and age range but with a focus on middle grade and young adult, from a diverse group of new and established writers that will appeal to all the platforms across the Disney company for a global audience. The projects will reflect Melissa’s humor and taste and range from adventure, romance and fantasy to contemporary stories.
Melissa de la Cruz is the co-director of YALLFEST (Charleston, SC) and the co-founder of YALLWEST (Santa Monica, CA), the two largest and most vibrant young adult book festivals in the country, attracting more than 30,000 readers every year.
Melissa de la Cruz 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. She lives in West Hollywood with her husband and daughter.
https://melissa-delacruz.com/
2018 • 109 Readers • 336 pages • 3.9
#1 of 4 in The Beauchamp Family
2000 • 65 Readers • 238 pages • 3.1
2022 • 42 Readers • 417 pages • 3.3
#1 of 1 in The Chronicles of Never After
2020 • 39 Readers • 336 pages • 4.2
2023 • 34 Readers • 320 pages • 3.1
2023 • 33 Readers • 280 pages • 3.4
#1 of 3 in Heart of Dread
2013 • 29 Readers • 354 pages • 3
2016 • 29 Readers • 432 pages • 3.1
#1 of 1 in Jo & Laurie
2020 • 28 Readers • 384 pages • 3.5
#2 of 5 in Descendants
2013 • 27 Readers • 320 pages • 3.5
#2 of 2 in The Queen's Assassin
2021 • 24 Readers • 320 pages • 2.8
#3 of 5 in Descendants
2017 • 22 Readers • 304 pages • 3.8
#4.5 of 8 in Blue Bloods
2010 • 22 Readers • 227 pages • 3.6
#1 of 2 in The Ring and the Crown
2014 • 21 Readers • 384 pages • 3.4
2018 • 21 Readers • 231 pages • 4.3
2017 • 18 Readers • 238 pages • 2.3
2019 • 18 Readers • 563 pages • 3
#1 of 2 in The Encanto's Daughter
2024 • 16 Readers • 321 pages • 4
#4 of 5 in Descendants
2019 • 14 Readers • 304 pages • 4.7
2017 • 12 Readers • 240 pages • 3.5
2022 • 12 Readers • 336 pages • 4.3
#3 of 4 in The Beauchamp Family
2013 • 12 Readers • 288 pages • 3.3
2018 • 11 Readers • 256 pages • 3
11 DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults (formerly DC Ink)
2020 • 11 Readers • 3
#2 of 4 in The Beauchamp Family
2012 • 11 Readers • 199 pages • 3.5
2022 • 10 Readers • 400 pages • 5
#0.5 of 6 in Stranger Things
2008 • 9 Readers • 408 pages • 2.3
#0.5 of 4 in The Beauchamp Family
2012 • 8 Readers • 16 pages • 3
2025 • 7 Readers
2013 • 6 Readers • 373 pages • 4
2018 • 6 Readers • 393 pages
5 Readers • 2.8
2017 • 4 Readers • 240 pages • 1
2007 • 4 Readers • 2
2021 • 4 Readers • 2 pages • 3.4
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#2 of 2 in The Ring and the Crown
2017 • 3 Readers • 272 pages
7 Den of Shadows
2007 • 3 Readers • 335 pages • 3.5
#1 of 1 in Angels on Sunset Boulevard
2007 • 3 Readers • 3
3 Readers • 3
#2 of 2 in The Encanto's Daughter
2025 • 3 Readers • 352 pages
#1 of 1 in Blue Bloods: The Graphic Novel
2013 • 3 Readers • 112 pages • 4
2023 • 2 Readers • 4.5
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2021 • 1 Reader
2016 • 1 Reader • 272 pages • 1
2019 • 1 Reader • 290 pages • 3
2016 • 1 Reader • 309 pages
#1 of 1 in The New Blue Bloods Coven
2006 • 1 Reader • 225 pages
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#3 of 5 in Descendants
2017 • 1 Reader • 289 pages • 3
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#2 of 4 in The Beauchamp Family
2012 • 1 Reader • 453 pages • 4
1 Reader
2001 • 1 Reader • 219 pages • 3
2012 • 1 Reader • 304 pages • 4
2017 • 1 Reader
2016 • 1 Reader
