Kit Reed is an American author primarily of fantasy, horror and and science fiction. Her first story was published by seminal mystery editor Anthony Boucher, and a good deal of her work could be classed as feminist SF. She has published 14 novels, including Mother Isn’t Dead She’s Only Sleeping (1961), Armed Camps (1969), Magic Time (1980) and most recently Enclave (2009). She has also published seven collections of short stories, most recently Dogs of Truth (2005). She has been been nominated for the James Tiptree, Jr Award three times.

Kit's story 'Doing the Butterfly' appears in When It Changed.