Beverley East (born 31 May 1953) is a leading expert in the field of handwriting analysis, a court-qualified forensic document examiner and author.

Though born in Kingston, Jamaica, East attended Westminster Kingsway College in London, graduating with A-levels in English Language, Literature and German and O-levels in British Economic and Social History, German, Italian, English Literature and Language, Sociology East attended the College of Distributive Trades in London and earned a degree in CAM Dip (Marketing, PR and Advertising).

[2][3] East was the handwriting expert in the 2012 court case of the Jamaican Stone Crusher Gang, where police fabricated witness statements against members.

In June 2014, she was named by Ebony magazine as one of "six Caribbean writers you should take some time to discover" (alongside Mervyn Morris, Andrea Stuart, Ann-Margaret Lim, Roland Watson-Grant, and Tiphanie Yanique,[7][8] who were attending the Calabash International Literary Festival in Jamaica).

her first book, Finding Mr. Write: A New Slant on Selecting the Perfect Mate (2000), became a bestseller after it received major media coverage, including East being interviewed by Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America.