Jewish-Canadian authors

Jewish-Canadian authors

This is a list of key Jewish-Canadian authors, with an article and critical history to follow.

* Irving Abella (historian)
* Barbara Amiel (journalist)
* Lisa Appignanesi (journalist and novelist)
* Saul Bellow (Canadian-born American novelist)
* David Bezmozgis (novelist and short story writer)
* Leonard Cohen (poet, novelist, songwriter)
* Matt Cohen (novelist)
* Michael Coren (journalist and biographer)
* Cory Doctorow (science fiction writer)
* Ken Finkleman (screenwriter)
* Diane Flacks (playwright)
* Martin Friedland (law writer)
* David Frum (journalist)
* Linda Frum (journalist)
* Noam Gonick (screenwriter)
* Charles Yale Harrison (novelist, biographer)
* Anna Heilman (memoirist)
* Simma Holt (journalist and politician)
* Mel Hurtig (journalist and publisher)
* Jane Jacobs
* George Jonas (journalist, poet and playwright)
* Naïm Kattan (novelist and essayist)
* A.M. Klein (poet, novelist, essayist)
* Naomi Klein (journalist)
* Rachel Korn (poet)
* Henry Kreisel (novelist)
* Michele Landsberg (journalist)
* Irving Layton (poet)
* Allan Levine (novelist)
* Norman Levine (short story writer)
* Dahlia Lithwick (journalist and editor)
* Eli Mandel (poet)
* Stephen Marche (novelist)
* Michael Marrus (historian)
* Seymour Mayne (poet)
* Anne Michaels (poet, novelist)
* Hannah Moscovitch (playwright)
* Jay Newman (philosopher and academic)
* M. J. Nurenberger (journalist)
* David Rakoff (humorist)
* Edeet Ravel (novelist)
* Judy Rebick (journalist)
* Abraham Rhinewine (journalist)
* Mordecai Richler (novelist, essayist)
* Jason Sherman (playwright)
* Joseph Sherman (poet)
* Ellie Tesher (journalist)
* Karen X. Tulchinsky (novelist)
* Michael Wex (novelist and playwright)
* Adele Wiseman (novelist)
* Larry Zolf (journalist)


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