Famous Jewish American Authors

Although this list is by no means a complete list of all Jewish American authors, it reflects many of the most notable who have made their mark on literary and pop culture history.

• Forrest J. Ackerman
• Isaac Asimov
• Saul Bellow
• Judy Blume
• Michael Chabon
• Harlan Coben
• Harlan Ellison
• Edna Ferber
• Betty Friedan
• Allen Ginsberg
• Bette Greene
• Joseph Heller
• Laura Z. Hobson
• Fannie Hurst
• Rona Jaffe
• Erica Jong
• Franz Kafka
• Judith Krantz
• Fran Lebowitz
• Ira Levin
• Norman Mailer
• Bernard Malamud
• David Mamet
• Arthur Miller
• Clifford Odets
• Boris Pasternak
• Jodi Picoult
• Harold Pinter
• Chaim Potok
• Ayn Rand
• Harold Robbins
• Philip Roth
• Louis Sachar
• J.D. Salinger
• Erich Segal
• Maurice Sendak
• Rod Serling
• Irwin Shaw
• Sidney Sheldon
• Shel Silverstein
• Neil Simon
• Susan Sontag
• Danielle Steel
• Gertrude Stein
• Irving Stone
• Jacqueline Susann
• Studs Terkel
• Leon Uris
• Ayelet Waldman
• Irving Wallace
• Elie Wiesel
• Naomi Wolf
• Herman Wouk