Austin McGiffert Wright (1922 – April 23, 2003) was an American novelist, literary critic and professor emeritus of English at the University of Cincinnati.

He graduated from the University of Chicago, with a master's degree in 1948, and a Ph.D. in 1959.

Austin Wright was a professor in the English Department at the University of Cincinnati for almost forty years.

When he died, he had realized certain proceeds from the sale of movie rights to his book Tony and Susan, but he had no reason to believe that a film would actually be made.

Tony and Susan was re-issued, and became a major film, Nocturnal Animals (2016).