Carlton T. Spiller is an American poet and lawyer.^[1]

He graduated from Rutgers University, and from Seton Hall University with a J.D., in 1982. He is a member of the board of directors of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.^[2]

2006 American Book Award

• Scalding Heart. Nuyorican Press. ISBN 978-0-9627842-1-7.

• Miguel Algarín; Bob Holman, eds. (1994). "Panamian Nights". Aloud: voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-3257-4.