Alison Croggon is a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, fantasy novelist, and librettist. She is best known for her award-winning fantasy series, The Books of Pellinor. Her most recent book, Fleshers, is the first in a dazzling new science fiction series co-written with her husband, acclaimed playwright Daniel Keene.

Her latest Pellinor book, The Bone Queen, was a finalist in the 2016 Aurealis Awards for Best Young Adult Book. Other notable works include Black Spring, which was shortlisted for the Young People's Writing Award in the 2014 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and The River and the Book, winner of the Wilderness Society's Prize for Environmental Writing for Children.

Alison Croggon is also a prize-winning poet and theatre critic and has released seven collections of poetry and critical essays.