Jewish-Canadian authors

This is a list of key Jewish-Canadian authors, with an article and critical history to follow.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Irving Abella (historian)
• Mona Elaine Adilman (poet)
• Ted Allan (novelist, poet, screenwriter, playwright)
• Barbara Amiel (journalist)
• Lisa Appignanesi (journalist and novelist)

B

• Ben Barry (entrepreneur and author)
• Saul Bellow (Canadian-born American novelist)
• David Bezmozgis (novelist and short story writer)
• Monique Bosco (novelist, poet, journalist)

C

• Leonard Cohen (poet, novelist, songwriter)
• Matt Cohen (novelist)

D

• Cory Doctorow (science fiction writer)

E

• Rebecca Eckler (journalist)
• Howard Engel (mystery novelist, memoirist)

F

• Ken Finkleman (screenwriter)
• Diane Flacks (playwright)
• Golda Fried (novelist, poet)
• Martin Friedland (law writer)
• David Frum (journalist)
• Linda Frum (journalist)

G

• Gabriella Goliger (novelist)^[1]
• Noam Gonick (screenwriter)
• Nora Gold (author, activist)
• Phyllis Gottlieb (novelist, poet)

H

• Charles Yale Harrison (novelist, biographer)^[2]
• Elisa Hategan (memoirist)
• Anna Heilman (memoirist)
• Simma Holt (journalist and politician)
• David Homel (novelist, translator)
• Mel Hurtig (journalist and publisher)
• Zach Hyman (children's author)

J

• George Jonas (journalist, poet and playwright)

K

• Naïm Kattan (novelist and essayist)
• Joseph Kertes (novelist)
• A.M. Klein (poet, novelist, essayist)
• Naomi Klein (journalist)
• Rachel Korn (poet)
• Henry Kreisel (novelist)
• Aaron Kreuter (poet)

L

• Steven Laffoley (novelist and creative nonfiction author)
• Michele Landsberg (journalist)
• Irving Layton (poet)
• Allan Levine (novelist)
• Norman Levine (short story writer)
• Dahlia Lithwick (journalist and editor)

M

• Eli Mandel (poet)
• Stephen Marche (novelist)
• Malka Marom (novelist, documentarian)
• Michael Marrus (historian)
• Seymour Mayne (poet)
• Ida Maze (poet)
• Judith Merril (novelist, editor)
• Anne Michaels (poet, novelist)
• Hannah Moscovitch (playwright)

N

• Jay Newman (philosopher and academic)

• M. J. Nurenberger (journalist)

P

• Gunther Plaut (theologian, novelist, historian, journalist)

R

• David Rakoff (humorist)
• Edeet Ravel (novelist)
• Melech Ravitch (poet, essayist)
• Judy Rebick (journalist)
• Abraham Rhinewine (journalist)
• Daniel Richler (novelist)
• Emma Richler (novelist)
• Mordecai Richler (novelist, essayist, film and television scenarist)
• Nancy Richler (novelist)
• Régine Robin (novelist, short story writer)
• Ellen Roseman (journalist, essayist, author)
• Claire Rothman (novelist, short story writer, translator)
• Chava Rosenfarb (novelist, poet, playwright)
• Stuart Ross (poet, short story writer, essayist)
• Robert Rotenberg (novelist)

S

• Esther Segal (poet)
• J. I. Segal (poet, editor)
• Mark Shainblum (short story writer, comic book writer)
• Lionel Shapiro (novelist, journalist)
• Jason Sherman (playwright)
• Joseph Sherman (poet)
• Kenneth Sherman (poet)
• Sholem Shtern (poet, novelist)
• Shelly Sanders (novelist, journalist)

T

• Ellie Tesher (journalist)
• Morley Torgov (novelist)
• Ayelet Tsabari (short story writer, memoirist)
• Aren X. Tulchinsky (novelist)

W

• Miriam Waddington (poet)
• Michael Wex (novelist and playwright)
• Adele Wiseman (novelist)
• Hirsch Wolofsky (memoirist and journalist)

Y

• Avrom Yanofsky (comic book writer and artist, journalist)
• Joel Yanofsky (novelist, memoirist, journalist)
• Yudika (poet)

Z

• Larry Zolf (journalist)
• Syd Zolf (poet)

References

1. "Author Gabriella Goliger to read at Jewish Book Festival" Archived 2011-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. GayVancouver.net, November 17, 2010.
2. "Harrison, Charles Yale (1054778)" (24 January 1917). Personnel Records of the First World War, Box: 4101 - 44, ID: 443038. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. 1992-93/166.