Marissa Kristine Lingen (born July 26, 1978) is an American science fiction and fantasy author who writes short stories.

Lingen was born in Libertyville, Illinois, to a family of Norwegian[1] and Swedish[2] descent.

She studied physics and mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College[3] and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

[9] Her fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, as well as in Nature, Tor, Ideomancer, Analog and Clarkesworld.

Lingen has a vestibular disorder that has influenced some of her stories, especially in understanding the impact of zero gravity and three-dimensional spaces.