Justin Bryant (born August 24, 1966, in Melbourne, Florida) is an American writer and former soccer goalkeeper.
He returned to the U.S. that same year to play for the Orlando Lions of the recently established American Soccer League.
In 1996, Bryant decided to give up his playing career, and moved to Elon College and completed his bachelor's degree in English.
Based on an idea for a book he had conceived while visiting his father in South Africa, he wrote a novel, Season of Ash, published in 2004 by ENC Press, and has continued to write, producing short fiction published in such literary journals as Thin Air, Chiron Review, The Rockhurst Review, and Snowbound.
In June 2013, Bryant published his second book, the autobiographical "Small Time: A Life in the Football Wilderness", documenting his travails as a young, professional goalkeeper.