- List of Jewish American authors
"This is a list of famous Jewish American authors. See separate lists for playwrights and poets. For other famous Jewish Americans, see
Lists of American Jews ."A–D
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Kathy Acker , writer
*Forrest J. Ackerman , science fiction author & fan
*Karen Ackerman , children's author
*Nelson Algren , novelist (son of convert)
*Jonathan Ames , novelist, essayist, pervert
*Mary Antin , novelist
*Bettina Aptheker , lesbian activist, author, and educator"other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"]
*Hannah Arendt , writer
*Sholem Asch , Yiddish writer
*Isaac Asimov , science fiction author (atheist)
*Shalom Auslander , novelist
*Emily Barton , novelist
*Peter S. Beagle , novelist
*Mildred Grosberg Bellin , cookbook author
*Saul Bellow , writer, Nobel Prize (1976)
*Aimee Bender — novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters
*Steve Berman , gay dark fantasy author
*Robert Bloch , science fiction author
*Lawrence Block , crime novelist
*Rob Bloom , comedy writer
*Judy Blume , children's author
*Maxwell Bodenheim , poet and novelist
*Jane Bowles , writer & playwright
*David Brin , science fiction author
*Harold Brodkey , short story writer
*Geraldine Brooks , author
*Max Brooks , comedic author
*Abraham Cahan , author
*Hortense Calisher , novelist
*Lisa Crystal Carver , sex columnist
*Michael Chabon , novelist
*Harlan Coben , mystery writer
* Joshua Cohen, novelist
*Bernard Cooper (1951–) novelist, short story writer [Cooper — [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464] "Plenty of Jewish authors will be in the mix, including... Bernard Cooper"]
*Norman Cousins , prominent political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
*Larry David , writer, actor, producer
*Martin A. David , writer, actor, director
*Peter David , author, columnist and comic book writer
*Barbara Delinsky , writer
*Anita Diamant , writer
*E. L. Doctorow , writer
*Stephen Dubner , writer, journalist, educator
*Andrea Dworkin , writer and theorist
*Elana Dykewomon , writer
*Bob Dylan , singer-songwriter, memoirist.E–K
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Joel Eisenberg , author, ghostwriter, screenwriter
*Judah David Eisenstein , encyclopedist, Hebrew author
*Harlan Ellison , 'speculative fiction' writer
*Richard Ellmann , literary scholar and biographer
*Lillian Faderman , historian
*Howard Fast , novelist
*Raymond Federman , postmodernist writer
*Craig Fenton , music author
*Harvey Fierstein , playwright
*Barthold Fles , literary agent and author
*Jonathan Safran Foer , writer
*Paula Fox , novelist
*Shalom Freedman , writer
*Betty Friedan , writer
*Kinky Friedman , novelist and singer
*Sonia Pressman Fuentes , co-founder N.O.W and memoirist
*Alan Furst , novelist
*Marc Gerstein , author, consultant
*Allen Ginsberg , poet
*Jeffrey Goldberg , journalist
*Myla Goldberg , author
*Natalie Goldberg , author
*Tod Goldberg , journalist
*Shari Goldhagen , novelist
*William Goldman , novelist and screenwriter
*Yosef Goldman , author
*Allegra Goodman , novelist
*Paul Goodman , author
*Noah Gordon , author
*Paul Gottfried , author
*Dan Greenburg , author
*Ben Greenman , author
*Joe Haldeman , author
*Chelsea Handler , author and humorist
*Daniel Handler , writer
*Helene Hanff , writer
* Sam Harris, author
*Michael H. Hart , author
*Ben Hecht , playwright and screenwriter
*Joseph Heller , novelist
* Michael Heller, poet and memoirist
*Mark Helprin , novelist
*Richard Herrnstein , author and psychologist
*Laura Z. Hobson , novelist
*Joseph Jacobs , folklorist
*Rona Jaffe , novelist
*Erica Jong , author
*Rodger Kamenetz , author
*Lizzie Black Kander , cookbook author
*Judith Katz-Schwartz , author, educator, humorist
*Mollie Katzen , chef and cookbook author
*Bel Kaufman , author
*Margo Kaufman , humor author
*Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz , writer
*Faye Kellerman , novelist; spouse ofJonathan Kellerman
*Jesse Kellerman , novelist; son of the Kellermans
*Jonathan Kellerman , novelist; spouse ofFaye Kellerman
*Irena Klepfisz , writer and yiddishist
*Henry Klinger , novelist
*Zvi Kolitz , author of the Holocaust-related Yosl Rakover Talks to God
*Cyril M. Kornbluth , science fiction writer
*Jerzy Kosinski , writer
*Jonathan Kozol , writer and educator
*Siegfried Kracauer , writer and critic
*Edward E. Kramer , writer and editor
*Judith Krantz , romance writer
*Nicole Krauss , writer
*James Howard Kunstler , novelist
*Tony Kushner , playwrightL–R
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George Lakoff , author, linguist
*Fran Lebowitz , author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities [Lebowitz — [http://www.jewishlivingmag.com/] "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"]
*Wendy Lesser , arts critic, novelist, editor (atheist)
*Julius Lester , writer
*Jonathan Lethem , novelist
*Oscar Levant , author, composer, pianist
*Ira Levin , author
*Michael Levin , author
*Paul Levinson , science fiction author, non-fiction author, op-ed writer, songwriter
*Barry Levy , screenwriter
*Anthony Lewis , former op-ed columnist, the "New York Times", and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
*Laura Lippman , crime novelist
*Seymour Martin Lipset , political sociologist ["The Economist", Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"]
*HP Lovecraft , author of Call of Cthulhu, The Necronomicon, and other weird tales
*Sari Locker , author, advice columnist and sex educator
*Mina Loy , poet
*Norman Mailer , writer
*Bernard Malamud , writer
*David Mamet , playwright
*Seth Margolis , novelist (Jewish father)
*John Markoff , writer and journalist
*Kati Marton , writer and journalist
*James McBride , author
*Daniel Mendelsohn , writer
*Bart Midwood , writerArthur Miller , playwright
*Linda Breiner Milstein , author
*Walter Mosley , murder-mystery novelist
*Lewis Mumford
*Joan Nathan , cookbook author
*Joan Nestle , author and historian
*Clifford Odets , playwright
*Tillie Olsen , author
*Peter Orner , author
*Cynthia Ozick , novelist
*Abraham Pais , historian of science
*Grace Paley , short story writer & poet
*Sara Paretsky , mystery writer
*Dorothy Parker , writer, poet & wit (Jewish father)
*S. J. Perelman , humorist
*Jodi Picoult , novelist ["Jewish Chronicle ", April 27, 2007 p.50: "The Jodi Picoult mystery"]
*Marge Piercy , novelist, poet
*Rachel Pollack , science-fiction author
*Virginia Postrel , author & columnist
*Chaim Potok , novelist
*Ayn Rand , writer
*Mickey Rapkin , author
*Abraham Regelson , poet, author and translator
* H.A. &Margret Rey , children's writers
*Alexandra Robbins , author
*Harold Robbins , author
*Steven V. Roberts , journalist, writer, and commentator
*J.I. Rodale , author, publisher, health promoter
*Henry Roth , writer
*Philip Roth , novelist
*Murray Rothbard , essayist, economist and social commentatorS–Z
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Louis Sachar , children's writer
*J. D. Salinger , author (Jewish father)
* Michael Savage, author, conservative political commentator and radio talk show host
*Budd Schulberg , novelist & screenwriter
*Maurice Sendak , children's author
*Irwin Shaw , novelist
*Art Shay , author and photographer
*Sidney Sheldon , novelist & screenwriter
*Al Sherman , autobiographer, songwriter
*Richard M. Sherman , autobiographer, songwriter & screenwriter
*Robert B. Sherman , author, journalist, autobiographer, songwriter & screenwriter
*Gary Shteyngart (1972– ) Russian-born writer [Shteyngart — [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16433] "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"]
*Robert Silverberg , science fiction author
* Jack M Silverstein, columnist and commentator
*Shel Silverstein , children's writer, poet & musician
*Neil Simon , playwright
*Kate Simon , memoirist
*Isaac Bashevis Singer , Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize (1978)
*Susan Sontag , essayist & novelist
*Danielle Steele , romance novelist (Jewish father)
*Gertrude Stein , writer, poet & playwright
*Joel Stein , columnist
*Gloria Steinem , journalist, editor, writer
*George Steiner (1929–) literary critic [http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm]
*Daniel Stern , novelist and short story writer
*Jacqueline Susann , novelist
*Jeff Tamarkin , music author
*Sydney Taylor , children's author
*Studs Terkel , author & oral historian
*Alice B. Toklas , literary figure
*Scott Turow , mystery writer
*Harry Turtledove , science fiction writer
*Leopold Tyrmand , writer [http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp]
*Leon Uris , novelist
*Chris Van Allsburg , children's writer (converted)
*Judith Viorst (1932–) author, known for her children's literature [Viorst — [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16603] "Two Jewish children's authors have events of note going on this week. At Pepperdine's Smother's Theatre, see the staged musical adaptation of Judith Viorst's..."]
*Ayelet Waldman , mystery writer, novelist
*Rebecca Walker (1969–) activist and writercite news|last=Ross|first=Ross|coauthors=|title=Rebecca Walker bringing message to Expo|pages=|publisher=Pensacola News Journal|date=2007-04-08 |url=http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/NEWS01/704080331/1005|accessdate=2007-04-08]
*Irving Wallace , novelist
*Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006) playwright and anAndrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large atCornell University , also the recipient of theTony Award for Best Play and thePulitzer Prize for Drama [Wasserstein — [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/725/edition_id/4/format/html/displaystory.html] "“My father loved me dearly, but I’m not a Jewish American Princess,” playwright Wendy Wasserstein said. “I’m a Jewish mother, but I’m not Molly Goldberg.”"]
*Jennifer Weiner , author
*Nathanael West , writer
*Elie Wiesel , writer & Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize (1986) (naturalized citizen)
*Marianne Williamson , author (self-help, spiritual) & lecturer
*Naomi Wolf , feminist, author & social critic
*Herman Wouk , novelist, writer
*Elizabeth Wurtzel , author
*Anzia Yezierska , author
*Cathy Young , author & columinist
*Boris Zubry , author (fiction and political satire), inventor, educatorLiterary critics
*Robert Alter
*M. H. Abrams
*Harold Bloom
*Morris Dickstein
*Leon Edel
*Richard Ellmann
*Leslie Fiedler
*Stephen Greenblatt
*Geoffrey Hartman
*Irving Howe
*Alfred Kazin
*Norman Podhoretz
*Neil Leon Rudenstine
*Elaine Showalter
*Lionel Trilling
*Rene WellekSee also
*
Jewish American literature
*List of Jewish American poets
*List of Jewish American playwrights
*List of Jewish American journalists
*Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
*Before Columbus Foundation References
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