John Gregory Betancourt (b. October 25, 1963 in Missouri) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and mystery novels as well as short stories, who wrote And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale from the Tales from Jabba's Palace anthology. He is also the writer of four Star Trek novels and the new Chronicles of Amber prequel series, as well as a dozen original novels. He has worked as an assistant editor at Amazing Stories and editor of Horror: The Newsmagazine of the Horror Field, the revived Weird Tales magazine, the first issue of H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror, Cat Tales magazine, and Adventure Tales magazine. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in such diverse publications as Writer's Digest and Amazing Stories.