John Stevenson (born 1937) is a British writer who since 1976 has been a regular script writer on Britain's longest running soap opera, Coronation Street. He was originally a newspaper journalist. He also co-wrote the popular comedy drama, Brass with Coronation Street scriptwriter, Julian Roach in the 1980s and more recently scripted the sitcom, Mother's Ruin, starring Roy Barraclough. However, this was not a ratings success and only ran to one series.