List of Jewish American authors
This is an alphabetical, referenced list of notable Jewish American authors. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
Authors
[edit]- Renata Adler, journalist, critic and novelist.[1]
- Warren Adler, novelist and short story writer, known for The War of the Roses[2]
- Mary Antin, memoirist, author of The Promised Land[3][4]
- Molly Antopol, short story writer, 2014 National Book Award nominee[5]
- Jacob M. Appel, novelist (The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up) and short story writer (Einstein's Beach House)[6]
- Max Apple, novelist and short story writer[7]
- Sholem Asch, novelist, essayist and playwright[8]
- Isaac Asimov, novelist, short story writer and prolific author of nonfiction, known for his science fiction works about robots and for writing books in 9 of the 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification[9]
- Shalom Auslander, novelist[10]
- Paul Auster, novelist[11]
- Dorothy Walter Baruch, author and child psychologist[12]
- Jonathan Baumbach[13]
- Saul Bellow, novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts[14]
- Aimee Bender, novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters[15]
- Judy Blume, children's author.
- Shmuley Boteach, author of over 30 books, including best seller Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, and Kosher Jesus[16]
- Joshua Braff, novelist[17]
- Abraham Cahan, journalist, author and editor of Yiddish newspaper Jewish Daily Forward[18][19]
- Hortense Calisher, novelist and president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters[20]
- Raphael Hayyim Isaac Carregal, colonial era rabbi who published the first Jewish sermons in America[21]
- Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist[22]
- Michael Chabon, novelist and short story writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay[23]
- Arthur A. Cohen, novelist[24]
- Joshua Cohen, novelist, author of Witz[25]
- Bernard Cooper, novelist, short story writer[26]
- Edward Dahlberg, novelist and essayist[27]
- Anita Diamant, writer and author of the novel, The Red Tent[28]
- E.L. Doctorow, novelist[29][30]
- Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter, often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016[31]
- Joel Eisenberg, novelist, screenwriter and producer, author of "The Chronicles of Ara" fantasy series with Steve Hillard[32]
- Stanley Elkin, novelist and essayist[30]
- Richard Elman, novelist and journalist[30]
- Nathan Englander, short story writer and novelist, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize[33]
- Marcia Falk, poet, liturgist, painter, translator[34]
- Kenneth Fearing, novelist, editor and poet[35]
- Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist[36][37]
- Barthold Fles,[38] literary agent and non-fiction writer
- Jonathan Safran Foer, novelist[39]
- Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist[40]
- Kinky Friedman, novelist and musician[41]
- Sanford Friedman, novelist[42]
- Abraham Solomon Freidus, author of bibliographic and library works[43]
- Daniel Fuchs, novelist, screenwriter and essayist[44]
- Herbert Gold, novelist[45]
- Mike Gold, Communist novelist and literary critic[46]
- Emma Goldman, anarchist writer[47]
- Paul Goodman, social critic and author of Growing Up Absurd[48]
- Vivian Gornick, essayist[49]
- Rebecca Gratz, educator and journalist[50]
- Gerald Green, author and journalist[30]
- Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22[51][30]
- Christopher Hitchens, literary critic and political activist[52][53]
- Alice Hoffman, novelist, author of Practical Magic, and thirty odd other books.
- Irving Howe, literary critic[54]
- Horace Kallen, author, philosopher and academic[55]
- Franz Kafka, author of the Metamorphosis
- Daniel Keyes, novelist, author of Flowers for Algernon, and teacher.
- Nicole Krauss, novelist[56]
- Emma Lazarus, poet and novelist[57]
- Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities[58]
- Isaac Leeser, author and publisher[59]
- Julius Lester, author, academic and African-American convert to Judaism[60][61]
- Meyer Levin, novelist and journalist[30][62]
- Ludwig Lewisohn, novelist, essayist and editor[63]
- Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist[64]
- Norman Mailer, novelist[30]
- Bernard Malamud, Pulitzer Prize winning author[65]
- David Mamet, Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Tony Award-winning author
- Wallace Markfield, novelist[30]
- Theresa Malkiel, novelist and Socialist activist[66]
- Wallace Markfield, novelist[30]
- Walter Mosley, crime novelist[67]
- Reggie Nadelson, novelist known particularly for her mystery works[68]
- Moyshe Nadir, writer and journalist[69]%
- Mordecai Manuel Noah, journalist, playwright and diplomat[70]
- Alan Oirich, writer, animator, director, and producer[71]
- Joseph Opatoshu, novelist and short story writer[72]
- Cynthia Ozick, novelist and essayist[73]
- Leo Pearlstein, food writer[74]
- S. J. Perelman, Oscar winning screenwriter, and novelist[75]
- Jodi Picoult, novelist[76]
- Marge Piercy, novelist and short story writer[77]
- Belva Plain, novelist[78]
- Chaim Potok, novelist and rabbi[79]
- Ayn Rand, novelist and founder of Objectivism[80]
- Lev Raphael, novelist and essayist[81]
- Lea Bayers Rapp,[82] non-fiction and children's fiction writer
- Avrom Reyzen, author, poet and editor[83]
- Isaac Rosenfeld, essayist, short story writer and novelist[84]
- Leo Rosten, humorist and lexicographer[85][86]
- Norman Rosten, novelist[87]
- Henry Roth, novelist and short story writer[88]
- Philip Roth, known for autobiographical fiction[89][30]
- M. A. Rothman, inventor and speculative fiction writer[90]
- Peter Sagal, humorist and author[91][92]
- J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye[93][30]
- Yente Serdatzky, author of short stories, playwright[94]
- Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Lamed Shapiro, short story writer[95]
- Irwin Shaw, novelist, screenwriter and playwright[96]
- Gary Shteyngart (born 1972), Russian-born writer[97]
- Mordechai Sheftal, diarist and officer in the Continental Army[98]
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish language novelist and journalist, Nobel Prize winner[99]
- Tess Slesinger, novelist and screenwriter[100]
- Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist[30]
- Gertrude Stein, novelist and patron of the arts[101][102]
- George Steiner (1929–2020), literary critic[103]
- Daniel Stern, novelist[104][30]
- Louise Stern, novelist and playwright[105]
- Richard G. Stern, novelist and academic[30]
- Steve Stern, novelist and short story writer whose work draws heavily on Jewish folklore and the immigrant experience; winner of the National Jewish Book Award[106]
- Harvey Swados, novelist and essayist[30]
- Judd L. Teller, writer, historian, poet.[107]
- Jonathan Tropper, novelist[108]
- Leopold Tyrmand, writer[109]
- Leon Uris, novelist[110]
- Judith Viorst (born 1932), known for her children's literature[111]
- Edward Lewis Wallant, novelist[30]
- Jerome Weidman, novelist and playwright[30]
- Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894–1993), author of children's books, including the K'tonton stories about the adventures of a thumb-sized boy[112]
- Nathaniel West, novelist and screenwriter[113]
- Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, Nobel Prize winner and author of 57 books[114]
- Isaac Meyer Wise, author and rabbi[115]
- Victoria Wolff (1903–1992), German born American writer and screenwriter[116]
- Herman Wouk, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist[117]
- Anzia Yezierska, novelist[118]
See also
[edit]
- 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
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