John Carne Patterson (1949 – February 2016) was an Australian screenwriter, lyricist, playwright and children's author.

He is known for co-creating the Australian children's television series Johnson and Friends, with Ian Munro (director) and Ron Saunders (producer).

Munro and Patterson also co-created Boffins and Patterson has written for other children's series including Fatty and George, Escape from Jupiter, the 1990s version of The Toothbrush Family, New MacDonald's Farm and Toybox.

John Patterson wrote several books based on the Johnson and Friends series.

They include: In February 2016,[14] Patterson was swimming at a beach in Coffs Harbour when he suffered a heart attack and drowned as a result.