Joseph Sanders Pearson (born 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian essayist, cultural historian, and journalist.

[12] Pearson's new book My Grandfather's Knife was published by HarperCollins and The History Press in April 2022, with a Spanish translation by Planeta in October 2022.

The book tells the stories of Second World War witnesses through everyday objects they owned.

[16] A chapter from the book, regarding Nazi plunder of string instruments obtained by the Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda, appeared in German in the literary review Lettre International.

[17] Pearson's work has appeared in Newsweek,[18] The New England Review,[19][20] the BBC,[21] AGNI,[22] Monocle Magazine,[23] Prism International[24] and many other publications.