John Van der Kiste (born 15 September 1954 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire) is a British author.
He is also a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Guinness Rockopaedia, and has produced articles on historical, musical and art subjects in national and local journals, including Illustrated London News, BBC History Magazine, Record Collector, This England, The Independent and Gibbons Stamp Monthly.
He has reviewed books and records for the press, written CD booklet notes, and between 1991 and 1996 edited and published the 1970s rock fanzine Keep on Rockin.
In 2002, he was a consultant for the BBC TV documentary The King, the Kaiser and the Tsar, first broadcast in January 2003.
He has contributed articles to the BBC History Extra website, and a chapter on William IV to Kings and Queens by Iain Dale (2024).