“Addictively readable [...] Lytton’s writing is focused, fluid, and virtually flawless.” ~ Paul Goat Allen, book reviewer for Kirkus, BN.com, & BlueInk

Melissa J. Lytton writes and publishes a variety of darkly quirky works, including science fiction novels, feminist poetry, and pop journalism, as well as performing at spoken word events.

Her first novel is the sci fi thriller Echoes of a Dream, and her short work has appeared in Minot Story Hour, In the Questions: Poetry by and about Strong Women, Up, Do: Flash Fiction by Women Writers, The Multicultural Theatre Initiative’s 10 Minute Play Festival, Gothic Beauty Magazine, The University Daily Kansan, and Eidolon Career Solutions' One Life Newsletter.

She earned her MFA in Creative Writing with an emphasis in Science Fiction from Goddard College in Vermont, where she studied under Rachel Pollack, Rebecca Brown, and Bhanu Kapil. Prior to that, she received her BA in English: Creative Writing from the University of Kansas, where she was named their first Science Fiction Scholar and won the Edgar Wolfe Award in Fiction for her short story, "Operator".

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