Deena Larsen

Deena Larsen (born 1964) is an American new media and hypertext fiction author involved in the creative electronic writing community since the 1980s.

"[2] She is described as a "new media visionary who has been active in the creative electronic writing community since its inception in the 1980s" by the Maryland Institute of Technology in the Humanities, which hosts a collection of her papers and software.

[7] Larsen has led numerous writers workshops—either online, at conferences, or universities— on the subject of hypertext, and has played a vital role in organising the electronic literature community.

[9] In 2012, Larsen wrote a free textbook called Fun da mentals which serves as an introduction to the field of electronic literature.

Eastgate Systems Inc. noted Larsen's work as "Finely written and intricately structured, Samplers breaks new ground for short hypertext fiction.

María Mencía and Deena Larsen teaching at the National Autonomous University in Mexico City in 2022