Carrie Mac (born February 25, 1975) is a Canadian author and illustrator specializing in young adult (YA) fiction. She is a winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize, the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize, and the Arthur Ellis Award, as well as various other awards and recognitions. Although known for her YA writing, Mac also writes adult fiction, leads writing workshops for adults and youth, and contributes to literary journals. She is also the resident writer/reader for The Story Forest, a collection of audio stories for children.