Nicholas J. Antosca (born January 23, 1983) is an American film and television writer, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and showrunner of the horror anthology television series Channel Zero (2016–2018)^[2] and the true crime limited series A Friend of the Family. He also co-created and showran the Hulu true crime limited series The Act (2019) and the Netflix horror drama limited series Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021).^[3]

As a television writer, he created the Syfy horror anthology series Channel Zero and the Hulu crime anthology The Act. He also co-produced 13 episodes of the horror series Hannibal.^[4] His short story "The Quiet Boy", published in the January 2019 issue of Guernica magazine,^[5] was the basis for the 2021 film Antlers.

Antosca was in a screenwriting partnership for several years with novelist Ned Vizzini,^[6] who died in 2013.

In January 2020, Syfy greenlit Chucky, a TV series continuation of the Child's Play franchise from creator Don Mancini, with Antosca set to executive produce.

In November 2019, it was announced that Antosca would be credited as a co-creator, writer, executive producer alongside Lenore Zion in the Netflix horror drama limited series, Brand New Cherry Flavor.^[3] The series premiered on Friday August 13, 2021.^[7]

Antosca served as showrunner, writer, and executive producer on A Friend of the Family for Peacock.^[8][9]

• Fires, novel (Impetus Press, 2006; re-released in 2011 by Civil Coping Mechanisms).
• Midnight Picnic, novella (Word Riot Press, 2009).^[10]
• The Obese, novella (Lazy Fascist Press, 2012).
• The Hangman's Ritual, novella (Civil Coping Mechanisms, 2013).^[11]
• The Girlfriend Game, short story collection (Word Riot Press, 2013).
• The Quiet Boy (Guernica, 2019).^[12]

• 2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella: Midnight Picnic