Josh Elder (born May 17, 1980 in Carmi, Illinois) is an American journalist, lecturer and writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.

A former associate editor at "Wizard Magazine", Elder also served as noted graphic novel reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times[4] and Director of Operations for the literacy advocacy group Reading with Pictures.

He regularly gave workshops on creating comics and graphic novels at schools, libraries and universities across the country.

He has also participated in and led professional development seminars for teachers and librarians—including the New York Public School system[5] and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

[8] This table lists only works in which Elder is the primary writer (or co-writer) of a published book with an ISBN.