Erin A. Craig

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-08-24

Erin A. Craig is an American author of young adult gothic fantasy, best known for her debut novel House of Salt and Sorrows, published by Delacorte Press on August 6, 2019, the first book in the Sisters of the Salt duology, inspired by the fairy tale 'The Twelve Dancing Princesses' and set in a coastal world haunted by superstition, ritual, and death. The novel became a New York Times bestseller and an Indie bestseller, was named an Amazon Editors' Pick for Best Young Adult title in Fall 2019, an Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association, and one of the Wall Street Journal's Best Science Fiction Books of 2019, and was a semifinalist for a widely recognized reader-voted award for Best Debut Novel. It has since been translated and published in more than fifteen countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and Russia. She followed it with the sequel House of Roots and Ruin. Craig has continued to write atmospheric gothic fiction for young readers, including Small Favors, The Thirteenth Child, A Land So Wide, and Our Strange Duet, each continuing her focus on eerie, folklore-infused settings, morally complex family dynamics, and young women confronting supernatural threats tied to isolated, tradition-bound communities.

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Books

• House of Salt and Sorrows (2019) · Sisters of the Salt Core Canon
• House of Roots and Ruin (2025) · Sisters of the Salt Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 2 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 0 (None recorded)

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