Iain Sharp (born 1953 in Glasgow) is a New Zealand poet and critic. Sharp emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1961, where they settled in Auckland. He studied at Auckland University where he received a doctorate in English in 1982. Soon after he qualified as a librarian from the New Zealand Library School.He currently works part-time in the Special Collections Department of Auckland Central City Library, and is also a reviewer, critic and columnist for the New Zealand Listener magazine.