Holly Lyn Walrath (born 1985) is a poet, fiction writer, and editor based in Houston, Texas.
[2] As a teenager, she was a dedicated listener of emo and punk music and cites the genres as formative influences on her poetry.
[2] Her poems and short stories, largely pertaining to the genres of science fiction and fantasy, have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals[6] and have been partially reunited in poetry collections.
Walrath has acted as managing editor for Interstellar Flight Press, a speculative fiction and poetry publisher.
[8] Glimmerglass Girl (Finishing Line Press, 2018) Numinose Lapidi (Kipple Press 2020) The Smallest of Bones (Clash Books, 2021) In 2019, Walrath's Glimmerglass Girl won first place in the chapbook category of the annual Elgin Awards.