American Jewish authors M-Z

• Norman Mailer, writer
• Bernard Malamud, writer
• David Mamet, playwright
• Seth Margolis, novelist (Jewish father)
• John Markoff, writer and journalist
• Kati Marton, writer and journalist
• James McBride, author (Jewish mother)
• Arthur Miller, playwright
• Walter Mosley, murder-mystery novelist (Jewish mother)
• Clifford Odets, playwright
• Tillie Olson, author
• Cynthia Ozick, novelist
• Abraham Pais, historian of science
• Grace Paley, short story writer & poet
• Sara Paretsky, mystery writer
• Dorothy Parker, writer, poet & wit (Jewish father)
• S. J. Perelman, humorist
• Marge Piercy, novelist, poet
• Rachel Pollack, science-fiction author
• Virginia Postrel , author & columnist (convert)
• Chaim Potok, novelist
• Ayn Rand, writer (atheist)
• H.A. & Margret Rey, children's writers
• Steven V. Roberts, journalist, writer, and commentator
• Alexandra Robbins, author
• Harold Robbins, author
• Henry Roth, writer
• Philip Roth, novelist
• Murray Rothbard, economist & social critic
• Louis Sachar, children's writer
• J. D. Salinger, author (Jewish father)
• Budd Schulberg, novelist & screenwriter
• Maurice Sendak, children's author
• Sidney Sheldon, novelist & screenwriter
• Irwin Shaw, novelist
• Art Shay, author and photographer
• Gary Shteyngart (1972 - ) Russian-born writer^[8]
• Robert Silverberg, science fiction author
• Jack M. Silverstein, columnist and commentator
• Shel Silverstein, children's writer, poet & musician
• Neil Simon, playwright
• Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize (1978)
• Susan Sontag, essayist & novelist
• Danielle Steele, romance novelist (Jewish father)
• Gertrude Stein, writer, poet & playwright
• Joel Stein, columnist
• Gloria Steinem, journalist, editor, writer
• Jacqueline Susann, novelist
• Studs Terkel, author & oral historian
• Alice B. Toklas, literary figure
• Scott Turow, mystery writer
• Harry Turtledove, science fiction writer
• Leon Uris, novelist
• Chris Van Allsburg, children's writer (converted)
• Judith Viorst (1932 - ) author, known for her children's literature^[9]
• Ayelet Waldman, mystery writer, novelist
• Irving Wallace, novelist
• Wendy Wasserstein (1950 - 2006) playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, also the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama^[10]
• Nathanael West, writer
• Elie Wiesel, writer & Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize (1986) (naturalized citizen)
• Naomi Wolf , feminist, author & social critic
• Herman Wouk, novelist, writer
• Elizabeth Wurtzel, author
• Anzia Yezierska, author
• Boris Zubry, author (fiction and political satire), inventor, educator