Stephen Weiner holds a B.A. in Classics and an M.A. in Children's Literature. His books include Will Eisner: A Comic Biography (NBM, 2025), Analysis of Bone: A Look at the Jeff Smith Graphic Novel Masterpiece (About Comics, 2023), and The Will Eisner Companion (DC Comics, 2004). Other books include 101 Outstanding Graphic Novels (NBM, 2015), Faster than a Speeding Bullet: the Rise of the Graphic Novel (NBM, 2012), The Hellboy Companion (Dark Horse Books, 2008), Tom's House (Writedeal.Org, 2012), and Bring an Author to Your Library (Alleyside Press, 1993).

The winner of the Comic Creator's Guild award, he is co-editor of the 7-volume encyclopedia Graphic Novels: a Critical Survey (Salem Press, 2020).