Stephen W. Leigh (born February 27, 1951) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, artist, and musician.

He also works as a lecturer at Northern Kentucky University, teaching creative writing.

His first novel, Slow Fall to Dawn, was in the Top Ten for the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

Leigh was interviewed for MTV Geek Coverage about working on the Wild Cards series.

[3] A special one-shot convention was held in his honor in Minneapolis, April 11–13, 2008, called Applecon.