Melinda M. Snodgrass (born November 27, 1951) is an American science fiction writer for print and television.

[1] In February 2021 Melinda was the Screenwriting Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the 39th annual Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium.

[3] Snodgrass wrote several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation[4] while serving as the series' story editor during its second and third seasons.

[5] Snodgrass helped recover a version of the award-winning Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Measure of a Man" by saving an old VHS cassette.

[6] This allowed a new version to be reconstructed from existing film shots, and an extended cut with 13 minutes of additional footage was released in HD in 2012.