Franz Douskey (born 2 December 1941) is an American writer. His work has been published in hundreds of magazines and anthologies, including The Nation, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Las Vegas Life, Yankee, USA/Today, The Georgia Review, The New York Times, Baseball Diamonds, and Yellow Silk. His first full-length book of poetry, Rowing Across the Dark, was published by the University of Georgia Press in 1982.