Karen Liane Pryor (née Wylie; May 14, 1932 – January 4, 2025) was an American author who specialized in behavioral psychology and marine mammal biology.

[2][3] Pryor was the daughter of author Philip Wylie and antiques dealer Sally Ondeck Wylie.

[4] Her uncle was Max Wylie, co-creator of The Flying Nun.

Her cousin, Janice Wylie, was murdered in 1963 along with her roommate Emily Hoffert in what became known as the Career Girls Murders.

Pryor died at a care facility in Santa Clarita, California on January 4, 2025, at the age of 92 from complications of dementia.