Lyndall Clipstone writes dark tales of flower-threaded horror

Lyndall Clipstone is the author of eerily vivid (Marissa Meyer, internationally bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles), bloodied but gorgeous (Victoria Mier, bookseller at The Spiral Bookcase) books for young adults, with prose that reads like a hypnotic incantation (Kirkus)

A former youth librarian who grew up running wild in the Barossa Ranges of South Australia, she currently lives in Adelaide, in a hundred-year-old cottage with her partner, two children, and a shy black cat

Her debut novel, Lakesedge, was a Dymocks, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble bestseller, nominated for the 2021 Book Shimmy Awards, and selected as one of Better Reading’s 2022 top 50 kids’ books. Unholy Terrors was featured in Teen Vogue, and chosen as a Kids’ Indie Next Pick for Nov/Dec 2023

Her works have been published in over four territories, including multiple translations

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Tenderly, I am Devoured

coming Spring 2025


A romantic horror where Saltburn meets For the Wolf. After her betrothal to a local god goes wrong, a girl must join with her brilliant yet arrogant childhood rival and his alluring older sister to save her family's legacy—and herself—from ruin. Publishing Spring 2025 with Macmillan US, Hot Key UK, and PRH Australia.

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  • A lush, gothic fantasy about monsters and magic, set on the banks of a cursed lake.

    When Violeta Graceling and her younger brother Arien arrive at the haunted Lakesedge estate, they expect to find a monster. Leta knows the terrifying rumors about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem.

    As Leta falls for Rowan, she discovers he is bound to the Lord Under, the sinister death god lurking in the black waters of the lake. A creature to whom Leta is inexplicably drawn…

    Now, to save Rowan—and herself—Leta must confront the darkness in her past, including unraveling the mystery of her connection to the Lord Under.

    Available Now
    Macmillan US
    Titan UK
    Pan Macmillan Australia

  • Sequel to Lakesedge

    The curse that haunted Lakesedge Estate has been broken, but at great cost. Violeta Graceling has sacrificed herself to end the Corruption.

    To escape death, Leta makes a desperate bargain with the Lord Under, one that sees her living at his side in the land of the dead. And though he claims to have given her all he promised, Leta knows this world of souls and mists hides many secrets.

    When she discovers she is still bound to Rowan, Leta goes to drastic lengths to reforge their connection. But her search for answers, and a path back home, will see her drawn into even more dangerous bargains, and struggling to resist the allure of a new, dark, power.

    Available Now
    Macmillan US
    Titan UK
    Pan Macmillan Australia

  • A bloodstained tale of a girl torn between her vows and her heart, where falling in love may be the deepest sin of all…

    Everline Blackthorn has devoted her life to the wardens—a sect of holy warriors who guard against monsters known as the vespertine.When a series of strange omens occur, Everline disobeys orders to investigate, and uncovers a startling truth in the form of Ravel Severin: a rogue vespertine who reveals the monsters have secrets of their own.

    Ravel promises the help she needs— for a price. Vespertine magic requires blood, and if Everline wants Ravel to guide across the dangerous moorland, she will have to allow him to feed from her.

    It’s a sin for a warden to feed a vespertine— let alone love one— and as Everline and Ravel travel further across the moorland, she realizes the question isn’t whether she will survive the journey, but if she will return unchanged.

    Available Now
    Macmillan US
    Penguin Australia

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North America – morgan.rath@macmillan.com (for Lakesedge, Forestfall and Unholy Terrors)
UK/Commonwealth – lydia.gittins@titanemail.com (for Lakesedge and Forestfall)
AUS/NZ – candice.wyman@macmillan.com.au (for Lakesedge and Forestfall); rdertadian@penguinrandomhouse.com.au (for Unholy Terrors)