Marylin Simons (16 October 1959[1]) is a Surinamese writer and columnist.

She is best known for In naam van God en Obia (2002) for which she was awarded the Kwaku Literature Prize [nl],[2] and her youth book Carrousel (2003).

[2] Simons made her literary debut in 2001, at De Tweede Ronde, and won the story writing contest for the 700th edition of De Ware Tijd Literair.

[6] In 2002, Simons wrote In naam van God en Obia (In name of God and Obia), a family drama, for which she was awarded the Kwaku Literature Prize [nl] a former stimulus prize for Surinamese authors.

[8] A notable feature of her stories, is the tendency to break taboos, and that the characters tend to show the diversity in Surinamese Dutch which alternates from Sranan Tongo to "Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands", the old term for posh civilized Dutch.