William Arthur Deacon

William Arthur Deacon(6 Apr 1890 - 5 August 1977) was a Canadian literary critic and editor. Born in Pembroke, Ontario in 1890, he studied in Winnipeg, Manitoba to be a lawyer, but eventually became a book review editor, and "aimed to become the first full-time book reviewer in Canada". He worked for the Manitoba Free Press (1921), Saturday Night (1922–28), the Toronto Mail and Empire (1928–36) and The Globe and Mail (1936–61). He died in 1977 in Toronto, Ontario.

• Pens and Pirates (1923)
• Poteen and Other Essays (1926)
• The Four Jameses (1927)
• My vision of Canada (1933)