Ardath Mayhar
 Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (February 20 1930 – February 1 2012) was an American writer and poet. She began writing science fiction in 1979 after returning with her family to Texas from Oregon. She was nominated for the Mark Twain Award and won the Balrog Award for a horror narrative poem in Masques I.She had numerous other nominations for awards in almost every fiction genre and has won many awards for poetry.