George Anastasia (born February 5, 1947) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an author/journalist who was a long term writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He is widely considered to be an expert on the Italian-American Mafia. He was an organized crime investigative reporter who was once targeted for death by then Philadelphia Crime Family boss John Stanfa. He has twice been nominated for a Pulitzer prize and won the Sigma Delta Chi award.

He has also been described by 60 Minutes television profile as "One of the most respected crime reporters in the country".

The now retired former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter is the author of five books, which include “The Last Gangster” (ReganBooks/Harper Collins, March 2004), a New York Times bestseller that chronicles the demise of the Philadelphia mob. His other books are “Blood and Honor” (William Morrow & Co., 1991), which Jimmy Breslin called it “the best gangster book ever written”; NYT bestseller “The Summer Wind” (Regan Books/HarperCollins, 1999) about the Thomas Capano-Anne Marie Fahey murder case, and “The Goodfella Tapes (Avon Books, 1998), and “Mobfather” (Kensington Books, 1993).His work has appeared in Penthouse, Playboy and The Village Voice.

He also has been featured on several network television news magazine reports about organized crime and has worked as a consultant on projects for ABC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel and National Geographic.