Cyril G. Wates (18 July 1883 2 February 1946) was an author, mountain climber, and amateur astronomer who lived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Wates' first story, "The Visitation", was published in 1927 in Amazing Stories as winner of the $500 Cover Prize Contest. Although his last published piece appeared in 1930, his letters appeared in the magazine until 1935.