Derek Webster is a Canadian writer and editor. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Webster spent early years in Beijing and London before returning to his hometown of Oakville, Ontario.

As a graduate student he won the Levens Poetry Prize at Washington University in St. Louis. His first book Mockingbird was shortlisted for the 2016 Gerald Lampert Award for best poetry debut in Canada.

In 2002 Webster founded arts and opinion magazine Maisonneuve, winner of over 40 National Magazine Awards. His Letter from the Editor was an NMA finalist for Best Column in 2006, and in 2017 his profile of literary translator Sheila Fischman in The Walrus was a finalist for the Allan Slaight Prize for Journalism.

National Animal, his second collection of poems, appears in Spring 2024. He lives in Toronto and Montreal.