John Van Alstyne Weaver, Jr. (July 17, 1893 – June 14, 1938, often credited as John V. A. Weaver) was an American poet, novelist and screenwriter whose poems attracted the approbation of H. L. Mencken, whose works were produced on stage and on film, and who had several screenwriting credits for work on properties where he was not the author of the original work.

He married American actress Peggy Wood[1] in 1924 and the couple had one son, David Weaver, in 1927.

His literary career began with employment at the Chicago Daily News in 1919 as a book editor, and continued with employment at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

He ceased newspaper work around in 1924 to pursue a purely literary career.

[2] Weaver attracted notice for his adaptation of American vernacular to iambic pentameter rhythms.