Addison (born September 8, 1952) is an American poet and writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction.
Addison is the first African-American winner of the Bram Stoker Award, which she won four times.
The first two awards were for her poetry collections Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes (2001) and Being Full of Light, Insubstantial (2007).
Her poetry and fiction collection How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend won the 2011 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection.
She received a fourth HWA Bram Stoker for the collection The Four Elements, written with Marge Simon, Rain Graves, and Charlee Jacob.
Addison is a founding member of the CITH (Circles in the Hair) writing group.