Joe Clifford Faust (born 1957) is an American author best known for his seven science fiction novels which were primarily written during the 1980s and 1990s, including A Death of Honor, The Company Man, the Angel's Luck Trilogy (all published by Del Rey Books), and the satirical Pembroke Hall novels (published by Bantam Spectra).

[2] Like many authors, he draws inspiration from previous and current occupations, including projectionist, record store clerk, radio announcer, sheriff's dispatcher, and advertising copywriter.

[4] On February 16, 2011, Faust announced on his blog that he had created a publishing company called Thief Media as an outlet to distribute his out-of-print novels in e-book formats.

Releases began with the Amazon Kindle version of "A Death of Honor" on June 9, the previously unpublished "The Mushroom Shift" on December 12, 2011, and "The Company Man" on July 14, 2012.

As with all Kindle Scout participating writers, Faust had entered his novel into the program the previous month for a 30-day period in which readers could nominate his work.