Ernie 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.