Addison Peale Russell (September 8, 1826 – July 24, 1912) was an American author of the later nineteenth century.

[1] He is remembered mainly for his Sub-Coelum — "his best book...a Utopian protest against materialistic socialism.

"[2] Russell was born in Ohio; his formal education ended with grammar school.

At the age of sixteen he took a job as a printer for a newspaper; by nineteen he had worked his way up to editor and publisher of the Hillsboro, Ohio News.

He was appointed Financial Agent for Ohio during the American Civil War, stationed in New York City.