Mary Soon Lee (born 1965) is a British speculative fiction writer and poet. She was born in London, England, and attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, where she graduated with a Master of Arts in mathematics and a diploma in computer science. After graduating, she worked as a Lisp programmer for a few years at the software company Harlequin. She began writing in 1991 on TV scripts, and in 1992 turned to short stories, making her first short story sale to Strange Days magazine.