Jeff Parker (born January 3, 1974) is an American novelist and short story writer.
His novel Ovenman was published in 2007 by the book division of the literary journal Tin House.
Parker received praise from within the literary community for his hypertext story A Long Wild Smile which has appeared in numerous online journals.
He attended the prestigious creative writing program at Syracuse University where he studied with such writers as George Saunders and Arthur Flowers.
During his time in Syracuse he lived briefly with the poet Kevin Keck who later dedicated his first collection of stories to him.