Douglas E. Winter (born October 30, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American writer, critic and lawyer.
Winter edited horror anthologies Prime Evil (1988) and Revelations (1997) as well as the Hugo Award-nominated and World Fantasy Award-winning interviews collection Faces of Fear (1985, revised 1990).
His novel Run (2000) was selected as the Best Suspense Novel of the Year by the Book of the Month Club and was nominated for the World Mystery Award.
His short story "Black Sun," illustrated by Stephen R. Bissette, won the International Horror Award.
His reviews have appeared in such major metropolitan newspapers as the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and in magazines as diverse as Saturday Review, Harper's Bazaar, Fangoria, Gallery, and Twilight Zone.