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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<ref name="journal">"other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"</ref> * Bernard Cooper, novelist, short story writer<ref>'''Cooper''' — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464 "Plenty of Jewish authors will be in the mix, including... Bernard Cooper"</ref> * Barthold Fles,<ref>{{cite book | title = Hanging on: or, How to get through a depression and enjoy life | first = Edmund | last = Love ‎ | publisher = Wayne State University Press | isbn = 978-0814319314 | year = 1988 | page = 258 | quote = 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. }}</ref> literary agent and non-fiction writer *[[Les Golden]] gambling writer, astronomy textbook author, playwright, environmentalist<ref>http://www.professional-poker.com/news/2006/nov/764-gamblingcom-poker-content.htm.</ref><ref>http://www.gambling.com/Blackjack/tips-strategies/194/the-blackjack-breakdown</ref><ref>www.gamblingonlinemagazine.com/casinos.php</ref> <ref> http://www.igamingbusiness.com/content/shannon-elizabeth-heats-gamblingcom-magazine</ref> <ref>en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Magazine</ref><ref>www.bluffeurope.com/</ref> *Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities<ref>'''Lebowitz''' — http://www.jewishlivingmag.com/ "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"</ref> * Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist <ref>''The Economist'', Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"</ref> * Mark Obama Ndesandjo, author, half-brother of President Barack Obama<ref>{{cite news| url=http://us.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2009/11/18/vause.china.obama.brother.cnn | work=CNN | title=CNN.com Video | accessdate=2010-05-08}}</ref> * Jodi Picoult, novelist<ref>''Jewish Chronicle'', April 27, 2007 p.50: "The Jodi Picoult mystery"</ref> * Lea Bayers Rapp,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/catalog.cfm?dest=dir&linkon=subsection&linkid=1775 | title = Lea Bayers Rapp | publisher = Kensington Books | quote = 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. }}</ref> non-fiction and children's fiction writer * Gary Shteyngart (1972– ) Russian-born writer<ref>'''Shteyngart''' — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16433 "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"</ref> * George Steiner (1929–) literary critic<ref>http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm</ref> * Leopold Tyrmand, writer <ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp</ref> *Judith Viorst (1932–) author, known for her children's literature<ref>'''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..."</ref> *Rebecca Walker (1969–) activist and writer<ref name="Walker1">{{cite news|last=Ross|first=Ross|coauthors=|title=Rebecca Walker bringing message to Expo|pages=|publisher=Pensacola News Journal|date=2007-04-08|url=http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/NEWS01/704080331/1005|accessdate=2007-04-08}}{{Dead link|date=April 2009}}</ref> *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<ref>'''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.”"</ref> == See also == {{Portal|Literature}} * 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== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Lists of American Jews|Authors]] [[Category:Lists of American writers|Jewish]] [[Category:American writers|Jewish]] [[Category:Yiddish literature|Jewish American authors]] [[Category:Jewish American writers| ]]

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