Sonia Orin Lyris

Sonia Orin Lyris is the author of several novels and various science fiction and fantasy stories and articles in computing and literary journals. She is the author of The Seer and the sequel novels forming The Stranger Trilogy. She has published fiction for Wizards of the Coast, Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and Pulphouse.

In 1996, she co-founded eMarket Group, Ltd., an online merchandise company, and worked with them as Executive Vice President. She also helped to build systems for e-commerce sites such as Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Variety, and Viz Media.

Lyris is communications director and a contributing editor for the C-spot and has been associate editor at the Journal of Universal Rejection (JofUR). In 2012, she was interviewed in an episode of The Tomorrow Project podcast, where she discussed the relationship between real-world science and science fiction.

Lyris lives in Seattle, Washington.