Elliot Perlman (born 7 May 1964) is an Australian author and barrister.
He has written four novels (Three Dollars, Seven Types of Ambiguity, The Street Sweeper and Maybe the Horse Will Talk), one short story collection (The Reasons I Won't Be Coming) and a book for children.
He has been called a post-grunge lit writer, a reference to his works being written following the 1990s genre of grunge lit.