Lyda was born in California during the late 1960s, and--even though she was saddled with an unusual first name--she is extremely grateful not to be "Sunbeam" or "Moonflower." Lyda (pronounced Lie-dah) is strange enough, but as the people of her adopted new home in Minnesota are fond of saying, "Could be worse." Lyda Morehouse caught the sci-fi bug watching Star Wars on the big screen in the late 70s. Though she's been busily scribbling in notebooks ever since, she's started writing professionally in the past few years and is currently looking forward to the release in May 2001 of her first novel (Archangel Protocol) from Roc, an imprint of Penguin Putnam.

Archangel Protocol is the winner of the Shamus for Best Original Paperback for 2001. Archangel Protocol also won a Maiden Voyage Award from the readers of Barnes & Noble's Exploration Magazine for best debut science fiction novel.

MESSIAH NODE, the third book in the Archangel Protocol universe, goes on sale June 2003!

Lyda's homepage
Read about Lyda's upcoming publication of MESSIAH NODE, read excerpts from her short stories, and interviews with other SF authors (for Science Fiction Chronicle), and more!

Tanget OnLine
Micheal Belfiore's featured review of Lyda's "Twelve Traditions."

Dummo.com
A hillarious web site, with cool stuff for the geek in everybody!

The Loft
The Loft is a Minneapolis/St. Paul area center for writing. Lyda teaches science fiction writng classes there sometimes.