Anthony Oliveira

Anthony Oliveira (IPA: /ˌɒlɪvˈeɪrə/, O-liv-AY-ruh) is a Canadian author, journalist and pop culture critic. He is the winner of multiple GLAAD Media Awards and National Magazine Awards for his prose, comics, and journalism, which often focus on the intersection of queerness, religion, and culture.

He is the author of the 2024 international bestselling novel Dayspring, which won the 2024 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers. He has also written comics for Marvel Comics and Steven Universe, among others, and is the creator and ongoing writer of Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices. His prose work has been published in The Washington Post, Fangoria, StarTrek.com, Hazlitt and many others.

Oliveira is an academic with a PhD in 17th century literature and is a former employee of the Glad Day Bookshop, the world's oldest surviving LGBT bookstore and event space, whose community he cites as a major influence in his work.