List of Jewish American authors
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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.
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[edit] 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[1]
- Hannah Arendt, writer
- Sholem Asch, Yiddish writer
- Isaac Asimov, science fiction author (atheist)
- Shalom Auslander, novelist
- Emily Barton, novelist
- Peter S. Beagle, novelist
- Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel Prize (1976)
- Aimee Bender — novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters[1]
- 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[2]
- 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
- Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter, memoirist.
[edit] E–K
- Joel Eisenberg, author, ghostwriter, screenwriter
- Judah David Eisenstein, encyclopedist, Hebrew author
- Harlan Ellison, 'speculative fiction' writer
- Richard Ellmann, literary scholar and biographer
- 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
- Betty Friedan, writer
- Kinky Friedman, novelist and singer
- Sonia Pressman Fuentes, co-founder N.O.W and memoirist
- Alan Furst, novelist
- 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
- 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
- Judith Katz-Schwartz, author, educator, humorist
- Mollie Katzen, chef and cookbook author
- Bel Kaufman, author
- Margo Kaufman, humor author
- Faye Kellerman, novelist; spouse of Jonathan Kellerman
- Jesse Kellerman, novelist; son of the Kellermans
- Jonathan Kellerman, novelist; spouse of Faye Kellerman
- 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
- James Howard Kunstler, novelist
- Tony Kushner, playwright
[edit] L–R
- Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities[3]
- 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 [4]
- Steve Litt, main author of Samba Unleashed, owner of Troubleshooters.com
- 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
- Arthur Miller, playwright
- Walter Mosley, murder-mystery novelist
- 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[5]
- Marge Piercy, novelist, poet
- Rachel Pollack, science-fiction author
- Virginia Postrel , author & columnist
- Chaim Potok, novelist
- Ayn Rand, writer
- 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
[edit] S–Z
- Louis Sachar, children's writer
- J. D. Salinger, author (Jewish father)
- 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[6]
- 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[6]
- 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 [7]
- Leon Uris, novelist
- Chris Van Allsburg, children's writer (converted)
- Judith Viorst (1932–) author, known for her children's literature[7]
- Ayelet Waldman, mystery writer, novelist
- Rebecca Walker (1969–) activist and writer[8]
- 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[9]
- 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
- Boris Zubry, author (fiction and political satire), inventor, educator
[edit] Literary critics
[edit] 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
[edit] References
- ^ a b "other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"
- ^ Cooper — [1] "Plenty of Jewish authors will be in the mix, including... Bernard Cooper"
- ^ Lebowitz — [2] "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"
- ^ The Economist, Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"
- ^ Jewish Chronicle, April 27, 2007 p.50: "The Jodi Picoult mystery"
- ^ Shteyngart — [3] "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"
- ^ Viorst — [4] "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..."
- ^ Ross, Ross. "Rebecca Walker bringing message to Expo", Pensacola News Journal, 2007-04-08. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.
- ^ Wasserstein — [5] "“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.”"
