Joseph "Joe" Queenan (born November 3, 1950) is an American journalist, critic, and essayist.
A self-professed "clown" and negative-styled humorist, Queenan is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has written for such publications as Spy Magazine, TV Guide, Movieline, The Guardian,The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, and The New York Times Book Review. He is also a self-admitted "pathetic" columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a self-described "full-time son of a bitch."
Queenan attended St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He now lives in Tarrytown, New York. He is married and has two children.