Daniel Fuchs (New York, 1909- Los Angeles 1993) was an American writer and screenwriter, the son of Jewish immigrants. A regular contributor to the New Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, his most recognized literary work was the three novels about the Jewish community in Brooklyn, published in the 1930s to excellent reviews. Fuchs later decided to move to Hollywood where he worked as a screenwriter for films for almost fifty years. In 1956 he received the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Love Me or Leave Me, a film starring Doris Day.

Of his Brooklyn novels, Fuchs once said, "I devoted myself body and soul to tenements: the life in the hallways, the bustle of the elevators, the variety of characters in the buildings, their daily struggles and worries, their problems".