Joseph Connolly (born 23 March 1950) is an English journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer.
For many years he owned The Flask Bookshop in Hampstead, London.
Having started writing fiction rather late in life, he is best known today for comic novels, especially in France, where they have been translated by Alain Defossé.
His son is Charles Connolly, a musician.
England's Lane, Boys and Girls, Style, and This is 64 were published by Quercus.