Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838 – 1 June 1917)^[1] was an English poet, novelist and journalist born in London. He contributed to Punch.

Ashby-Sterry was born in London, as the only son of Henry Sterry of Sydenham Hill. His works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry. He did not marry. He died on 1 June 1917, leaving £12,039.^{[1][dead link‍][2]}

Ashby-Sterry was a contributor to the British magazine Punch. He also wrote the "Bystander" column in a British weekly paper, The Graphic, for 18 years.^[3]

• Katharine and Petruchio, or, The Shaming of the True. London, S. Rivers, 1870
• The Shuttlecock Papers. A book for an idle hour. London, Tinsley Bros., 1873
• Tiny Travels. London, Tinsley, 1874
• Boudoir Ballads. London, Chatto and Windus, 1876
• The Wooden Midshipman. London, 1881
• A Snailway Guide to Tunbridge Wells. Tunbridge Wells, R. Clements, 1884
• The Lazy Minstrel. London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1886
• Cucumber Chronicles; a book to be taken in slices. London, Sampson Low & Co., 1887
• Charles Dickens in Southwark. London, 1888
• Nutshell Novels. London, Hutchinson & Co., 1891
• A Naughty Girl; a story of 1893. London, Bliss, Sands & Foster, 1893
• A Tale of the Thames, etc. London, Bliss Sands, 1896
• The Bystander; or Leaves for the Lazy. London, Sands & Co., 1901
• The River Rhymer. London, W.J. Ham-Smith, 1913

• Moruzi, Kristina (2016). Constructing Girlhood through the Periodical Press, 1850-1915. Accessed 15 July 2020. London: Routledge, ISBN 9781317161509

• Works by Joseph Ashby-Sterry at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Joseph Ashby-Sterry at the Internet Archive
• Works by Joseph Ashby-Sterry at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Pen and ink portrait by Harry Furniss, at the National Portrait Gallery, London