Yancey Strickler (born November 4, 1978) is an American author, entrepreneur, and former music critic.

[2] While attending Giles High School he became interested in journalism and earned an internship with The Roanoke Times New River Current.

[3] He attended College of William & Mary where he majored in English and Literary and Cultural Studies.

[4] After graduating from William and Mary, he moved to New York City where he worked as a music journalist for publications including Spin, The Village Voice, and the website eMusic.

[6] In 2019, he wrote This Could Be Our Future, a 2019 Penguin Random House book about building a society that looks beyond profit as its core organizing principle.