Wendy Froud (née Midener; born 1954) is an American doll-artist, sculptor, puppet-maker, and writer.

[6][7] Froud began making her own dolls from the age of five based on her favorite stories, including "lots of fauns, satyrs, centaurs and things with wings"[8] from Greek mythology and fairy tales.

[12] After graduating, Froud moved to New York City, where The Muppets art director Michael Frith attended a gallery show of her dolls and bought several as a Christmas presents for Jim Henson in 1978.

[3][16] While working closely with Jim Henson and Frank Oz on various projects at the Henson Studios, Froud was asked by the pair to join the team responsible for developing and building the character Yoda for the 1980 Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back.

[20] Froud served as a concept, character, and costume designer for the 2019 Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

[23] She is a writer of short fiction and poetry, published in two anthologies: Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (1998)[24] and Troll's-Eye View (2009).

[28] She has won 4th place in the Locus Award for Best Artbook with her husband twice: for Trolls in 2013,[29] and for Brian Froud's Faeries' Tales in 2015.