Megan Mayhew Bergman is an American writer and environmental journalist, known for her engaging storytelling and exploration of themes related to nature and human relationships. She is the author of the books Almost Famous Women, Birds of a Lesser Paradise, and How Strange a Season. Bergman is also working on a forthcoming biography of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.

In 2015, she was honored with the Garrett Award for Fiction. Her work has been recognized as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers and an Indie Next selection. Bergman studied anthropology at Wake Forest University, has an MA from Duke University, and an MFA from Bennington College.

She resides on a farm in Vermont with her two daughters and several rescue animals, where she also directs the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference at Middlebury College.