Sally Partridge (born 17 August 1982 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an author of young adult fiction novels and short stories.

[3] Her second novel, Fuse,[4] deals with the sensitive subjects of school killings, bullying and runaways, and is set on the streets of Cape Town and Pretoria.

The novel was shortlisted for the Percy Fitzpatrick Prize for Youth Fiction awarded by the SA English Academy.

[5] Partridge’s third novel, Dark Poppy’s Demise,[6] tells the story of sixteen-year-old Jenna Brooks who falls prey to an Internet predator on Facebook.

[10] She jointly won the 2022 Percy FitzPatrick Award for her novel, Sea Star Summer.