Melanie Rawn is an American author of fantasy literature, born in 1954. She received a BA in history from Scripps College and worked as a teacher and editor before becoming a writer.

Rawn has been nominated for a Locus award on three occasions: in 1989 for Dragon Prince in the first novel category, in 1994 for Skybowl in the fantasy novel category, and again in 1995 for Ruins of Ambrai in the fantasy novel category.

The third novel in the "Exiles" trilogy has been "forthcoming" since the late 1990s due to Rawn suffering from clinical depression and moving on to other projects to facilitate her recovery. In 2014, Rawn expressed her intention to complete the trilogy after finishing the fifth book of the Glass Thorns series.