Stephen Markley (born October 2, 1983 in Mount Vernon, Ohio[1]) is an American journalist and author, whose work includes memoirs and novels.

[3] His second novel The Deluge is a dystopian epic about climate change spanning the years 2013 through to the 2030s.

[3][4] The New York Times review said of it that the "dystopia is realistic and nuanced, grim but playful, setting Markley’s book apart from the tsunami of recent climate-change literature.

[6] Markley is reportedly working on an adaptation of Ohio for an HBO series to be produced by Sam Levinson.

[7] Stephen Markley was born in Ohio and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop.