Lori E. Carson (born March 2, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter whose albums include Shelter (1990), Where it Goes (1995), Everything I Touch Runs Wild (1997) and Another Year (2012). A former member of the seminal band The Golden Palominos, she has contributed to soundtracks including Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty, Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days, and Keith Gordon's Waking the Dead.

Her debut novel, The Original 1982, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2013.