American Jewish authors A-E

• Hannah Arendt, writer
• Sholem Asch, Yiddish writer
• Isaac Asimov, science fiction author
• Paul Auster, author
• Peter S. Beagle, novelist
• Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel Prize (1976)
• Aimee Bender - novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters^[1]
• Steve Berman, gay dark fantasy author
• Robert Bloch, science fiction author
• Lawrence Block, crime novelist
• Rob Bloom, comedy writer
• Judy Blume, children's author
• Maxwell Bodenheim, poet and novelist
• Jane Bowles, writer & playwright
• David Brin, science fiction author
• Harold Brodkey, short story writer
• Geraldine Brooks, author
• Max Brooks, comedic author
• Abraham Cahan, author
• Hortense Calisher, novelist
• Michael Chabon, novelist
• Harlan Coben, mystery writer
• Joshua Cohen, novelist
• Bernard Cooper (1951 - ) novelist, short story writer^[2]
• Norman Cousins, prominent political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate.
• Larry David, writer, actor, producer
• Peter David, author, columnist and comic book writer
• Anita Diamant, writer
• E. L. Doctorow, writer
• Bob Dylan, singer-songwriter, memoirist.
• Judah David Eisenstein, encyclopedist, Hebrew author
• Harlan Ellison, 'speculative fiction' writer