Marissa Meyer is an American novelist born on February 19, 1984. She is renowned for her creative retellings of fairy tales, with her most famous work being The Lunar Chronicles, a series that began with her debut novel, Cinder, published in 2012.

Outside of her literary achievements, Marissa resides in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their beautiful twin daughters. She is represented by Jill Grinberg.