Harold Edward "Hal" Porter AM (16 February 1911 – 29 September 1984) was an Australian novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer.

Novels

A Handful of Pennies (1958) The Tilted Cross (1961) The Right Thing (1971) Short stories A Bachelor's Children (1962) Short Stories (1942) The Cats of Venice (1965) The Actors: An image of the new Japan (1968) Mr. Butterfry and Other Tales of New Japan (1970) Selected Stories (1971) Fredo Fuss Love Life (1974) The Portable Hal Porter (1978) The Clairvoyant Goat (1981)

Poetry

The Hexagon (1956) Elijah's Ravens (1968) In an Australian Graveyard (1974) Memoirs The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony (1963) The Paper Chase (1966) Criss-Cross (1973) The Extra (1975) Bairnsdale: Portrait of an Australian country town (1977)

Plays

The Tower (1963) The Professor (1966) Eden House (1969)