List of Jewish American authors
This is a list of notable Jewish Americans|Jewish American authors. See separate lists for List of Jewish American playwrights|playwrights and List of Jewish American poets|poets. For other notable Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
Jewish American authors
- Aimee Bender — novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters[1]
- Bernard Cooper, novelist, short story writer[2]
- Barthold Fles,[3] literary agent and non-fiction writer
- Les Golden gambling writer, astronomy textbook author, playwright, environmentalist[4][5][6]
- Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities[10]
- Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist [11]
- Mark Obama Ndesandjo, author, half-brother of President Barack Obama[12]
- Jodi Picoult, novelist[13]
- Lea Bayers Rapp,[14] non-fiction and children's fiction writer
- Gary Shteyngart (1972– ) Russian-born writer[15]
- George Steiner (1929–) literary critic[16]
- Leopold Tyrmand, writer [17]
- Judith Viorst (1932–) author, known for her children's literature[18]
- Rebecca Walker (1969–) activist and writer[19]
- Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006) playwright and Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, also recipient of Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama[20]
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
- ^ "other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"
- ^ Cooper — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464 "Plenty of Jewish authors will be in the mix, including... Bernard Cooper"
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- ^ Lebowitz — http://www.jewishlivingmag.com/ "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"
- ^ The Economist, Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"
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- ^ Jewish Chronicle, April 27, 2007 p.50: "The Jodi Picoult mystery"
- ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Lea Bayers Rapp". Kensington Books.
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- ^ Shteyngart — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16433 "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"
- ^ http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm
- ^ http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp
- ^ 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..."
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- ^ 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.”"