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

* 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

* 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 of Jonathan Kellerman
* Jesse Kellerman, novelist; son of the Kellermans
* Jonathan Kellerman, novelist; spouse of Faye 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, playwright

L–R

*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, writer Arthur 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 commentator

S–Z

* 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 an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, also the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer 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, educator

Literary 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 Wellek

See 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