List of Jewish American authors
This is a list of notable Jewish American authors. See separate lists for playwrights and poets. For other notable Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
Jewish American authors
- Walter Abish, novelist, poet, and short story writer
- Warren Adler, novelist and short story writer, known for The War of the Roses,[1] Random Hearts, and The Sunset Gang [2]
- Woody Allen, short story writer, screenwriter
- Mary Antin, memoir writer
- Molly Antopol, short story writer, 2014 National Book Award nominee [3]
- Jacob M. Appel, novelist (The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up) and short story writer (Einstein's Beach House)[4]
- Max Apple, novelist and short story writer, known for memoirs about his grandparents and his collection The Oranging of America, in which he fantastically reimagines the burgeoning commercial monoculture of the 1970s
- 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[5]
- Shalom Auslander, novelist, short-story writer, memoirist
- Paul Auster, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist
- Herman Baer, author
- Melissa Bank, novelist
- David Michael Barrett, essayist, screenwriter and film producer
- Dorothy Walter Baruch, psychologist, children's stories and their development
- Peter S. Beagle, novelist
- Saul Bellow, novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts[6]
- Aimee Bender, novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters[7]
- Karen Bender, novelist and short story writer
- Anne Bernays, novelist and non-fiction writer
- Gina Berriault, novelist and short story writer
- Alfred Bester, science fiction writer, winner of the inaugural Hugo Award in 1953
- Robert Bloch, crime, science, and horror fiction writer, author of Psycho
- Harold Bloom, literary critic
- Judy Blume, young adult fiction writer
- José Antonio Bowen, president of Goucher College
- Jane Bowles, writer and playwright
- Joshua Braff, novelist
- Gayle Brandeis, novelist
- David Brin, science fiction writer
- Harold Brodkey, short story writer and novelist
- Judy Budnitz, fiction writer
- Melvin Jules Bukiet, novelist and critic
- Abraham Cahan, novelist, short story writer, and journalist
- Hortense Calisher, novelist and short story writer
- Ethan Canin, novelist
- Michael Chabon, novelist and short story writer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay [8]
- Jerome Charyn, novelist, short story writer and playwright
- Alan Cheuse, novelist and short story writer
- Ze'ev Chafets, columnist and author
- Harlan Coben, mystery fiction writer
- Joshua Cohen, novelist
- Bernard Cooper, novelist, short story writer[9]
- Sloane Crosley, novelist, essayist
- Avram Davidson, science fiction writer
- Anita Diamant, novelist and non-fiction writer
- E.L. Doctorow, novelist[10]
- Joel Eisenberg, novelist, screenwriter and producer, author of "The Chronicles of Ara" fantasy series with Steve Hillard [11]
- Harlan Ellison, science fiction writer
- Richard Ellmann, literary critic, won National Book Award for Nonfiction
- Nathan Englander, short story writer and novelist, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize[12]
- Nora Ephron, novelist, screenwriter, essayist
- Joseph Epstein, short story writer
- Howard Fast, novelist
- Jules Feiffer, novelist, cartoonist, playwright and screenwriter
- Edna Ferber, playwright and novelist
- Bill Finger, co-creator of Batman
- Sid Fleischman, children's writer, screenwriter, novelist
- Barthold Fles,[13] literary agent and non-fiction writer
- Jonathan Safran Foer, novelist and non-fiction writer, best known for novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005)
- Kinky Friedman, songwriter and novelist
- Alan Furst, historical spy novelist
- Herbert Gold, novelist
- Myla Goldberg, novelist
- Emma Goldman, anarchist writer[14]
- Rebecca Goldstein, novelist and philosopher
- Allegra Goodman, novelist and short story writer
- Vivian Gornick, essayist
- Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), children's writer and novelist
- Mark Harris, novelist and biographer
- Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22[15]
- Lillian Hellman, playwright, screenwriter, memoirist, novelist
- Mark Helprin, novelist and journalist
- Christopher Hitchens, literary critic and political activist[16][17]
- Russell Hoban, fantasy and science fiction writer
- Laura Z. Hobson, novelist
- Dara Horn, novelist
- Irving Howe, literary critic[18]
- Fannie Hurst, novelist and short story writer
- Rona Jaffe, novelist
- Erica Jong, novelist and poet, best known for second-wave feminist work Fear of Flying (1973)
- Roger Kahn, author of The Boys of Summer (1972)
- Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman
- Garson Kanin, playwright, screenwriter
- Bel Kaufman, novelist, granddaughter of Sholom Aleichem
- Faye Kellerman, mystery writer
- Jonathan Kellerman, mystery and suspense writer, psychologist
- William Melvin Kelley, novelist and short-story writer
- Jamaica Kincaid, novelist and essayist
- Cyril M. Kornbluth, science fiction writer
- Jerzy Kosinski, author of The Painted Bird
- Nicole Krauss, best known for her three novels, Man Walks Into a Room (2002), The History of Love (2005) and Great House (2010)
- Ewa Kuryluk, author of Veil of Veronica
- Emma Lazarus, poet and novelist[19]
- Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities[20]
- Bruno Lessing (pseudonym of Rudolph Edgar Block), science fiction writer
- Julius Lester, children's fiction, non-fiction
- Harry Levin, literary critic and Joyce scholar
- Ira Levin, novelist and playwright
- Sam Lipsyte, novelist and short story writer
- David Liss, historical novelist
- Norman Mailer, novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film maker, actor and political candidate
- Bernard Malamud, novelist, won National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize
- Theresa Malkiel (1874-1949), novelist and essayist
- Cindy Margolis, author of Having a Baby... when the Old-fashioned Way Isn't Working, Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility
- Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist [21]
- Leonard Michaels, writer of short stories, novels, and essays
- Arthur Miller, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
- Walter Mosley, novelist
- Reggie Nadelson, novelist known particularly for her mystery works[22]
- Mark Obama Ndesandjo, author, half-brother of President Barack Obama[23]
- Tillie Olsen, first-wave feminist writer, best known for her novella Tell Me a Riddle, title story in a collection of four short stories and winner of the O. Henry Prize in 1961
- Cynthia Ozick, short story writer, novelist, and essayist[24][25]
- Grace Paley, short story writer and poet; finalist for both National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize
- Sara Paretsky, mystery writer
- Dorothy Parker, humorist, poet and short story writer
- Harvey Pekar, comic book writer, music critic
- S. J. Perelman, humorist, essayist, screenwriter
- Joan Peters, author of From Time Immemorial
- Jodi Picoult, novelist[26]
- Daniel Pinkwater, children's and young adult author
- Belva Plain, novelist
- Chaim Potok, author and rabbi
- Ayn Rand, novelist and founder of Objectivism[27]
- Lea Bayers Rapp,[28] non-fiction and children's fiction writer
- Charles Reznikoff, poet and novelist
- Laura Riding, novelist, poet, short story writer
- Harold Robbins, novelist
- Jonathan Rosen, editor, journalist, novelist, essayist
- Benjamin Rosebaum, science fiction writer
- Judith Rossner, novelist Looking for Mr. Goodbar
- Leo Rosten, humorist, novelist and short story writer
- Henry Roth, novelist and short story writer
- Philip Roth, known for autobiographical fiction that explored Jewish and American identity[29]
- Norman Rosten, novelist[30]
- Mary Doria Russell, novelist
- Louis Sachar, children's writer
- Peter Sagal, author of The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them)[31][32]
- J.D. Salinger, author of The Catcher in the Rye[33]
- James Salter, novelist and short story writer
- Lore Segal, novelist and children's writer
- Maurice Sendak, children's writer and illustrator
- Irwin Shaw, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer
- Robert Sheckley, science fiction writer
- Sidney Sheldon, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
- Gary Shteyngart (born 1972), Russian-born writer[34]
- Irving Shulman, novelist and screenwriter
- Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman
- Shel Silverstein, children's writer, poet, screenwriter, cartoonist
- Roger L. Simon, novelist and screenwriter
- Jo Sinclair (Ruth Seid), novelist
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, leading figure in Yiddish literature, won Nobel Prize[35]
- Israel Joshua Singer, novelist and short story writer
- Tess Slesinger, screenwriter, novelist and short story writer
- Susan Sontag, essayist and novelist
- Art Spiegelman, graphic novelist
- George Steiner (born 1929), literary critic[36]
- Daniel Stern, novelist[37]
- Louise Stern, novelist and playwright[38]
- 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[39]
- R.L. Stine, novelist
- Herbert Tarr, novelist
- Calvin Trillin, journalist, poet, novelist
- Jonathan Tropper, novelist[40]
- Karen X. Tulchinsky, novelist and screenwriter
- Scott Turow, novelist and non-fiction writer
- Harry Turtledove, science fiction, fantasy and alternative history writer
- Leopold Tyrmand, writer[41]
- Leon Uris (1924-2009), historical novelist
- Lara Vapnyar, novelist and short story writer
- Judith Viorst (born 1932), known for her children's literature[42]
- Stanley M. Wagner (1932-2013), rabbi and academic
- Ayelet Waldman, novelist and essayist
- Edward Lewis Wallant, novelist
- Jennifer Weiner, novelist and short story writer
- Sadie Rose Weilerstein (1894-1993), author of children's books, including the K'tonton stories about the adventures of a thumb-sized boy[43]
- Nathanael West, novelist
- Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author of 57 books[44]
- Herman Wouk, novelist and non-fiction writer
- Anzia Yezierska, novelist
- Leonard S. Zinberg (Ed Lacy), novelist
- Hilary Zaid, novelist and short story writer ,[45]
See also
References
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- ↑ Seiler, Edward; Jenkins, John H. (June 27, 2008). "Isaac Asimov FAQ". Isaac Asimov Home Page. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
- ↑ Mel Gussow and Charles McGrath, Saul Bellow, Who Breathed Life Into American Novel, Dies at 89, The New York Times April 6, 2005.
- ↑ "other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"
- ↑ "Arctic Jews: An Interview With Michael Chabon" Dissent Magazine April 14, 2007
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- ↑ Love, Edmund (1988). Hanging on: or, How to get through a depression and enjoy life. Wayne State University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8143-1931-4.
I finished the book in 1941 and sent it off to Barthold Fles, a New York literary agent who had been recommended to me. Mr. Fles was a Jew and in March, 1941, Jews were pretty sensitive about heroic German naval officers. To say that Mr. Fles was insulted was the understatement of the year.
- ↑ Emma Goldman, Living, p. 24.
- ↑ Loveday, Veronica. "Joseph Heller." Joseph Heller (9781429802864) (2005): 1–2. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. Dec 1, 2010
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- ↑ Lebowitz — "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"
- ↑ The Economist, Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"
- ↑ "Stay cold-blooded in the sun". Jewish Chronicle (London). Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ↑ "CNN.com Video". CNN. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
- ↑ Articles about Cynthia Ozick, New York Times
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- ↑ "Lea Bayers Rapp". Kensington Books. Archived from the original on 2009-12-06.
As a Jewish daughter, wife, and mother, she has both yeshiva and secular backgrounds and writes from vast personal experience that includes constant joyous rounds of bar and bat mitzvahs, engagement parties, bridal showers, and weddings.
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- ↑ Jewish American Writers, by Gerhard Falk
- ↑ Kaplan, Ron. "NJ native hosts game show with twist of the news". New Jersey Jewish News Life and Times Feature. New Jersey Jewish News. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
- ↑ "Discover Author Peter Sagal". HarperCollins Publishers. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
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- ↑ Shteyngart — "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"
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- ↑ Viorst — "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..."
- ↑ Ingall, Carol K. (2010). The Women who Reconstructed American Jewish Education, 1910-l965. UPNE. pp. 117–. ISBN 9781584658566. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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