Ernest Jerome Altbacker (known as E. J. Altbacker) is a screenwriter who has worked on television shows including Static Shock, Ben 10, Spider-Man, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Mucha Lucha, and '. He holds an MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute and an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame. He has also written a series of six books for children, Shark Wars, published by Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin.