Nathanael West (17.10. 1903 – 22.12. 1940.) je bio pseudonim koji je koristio američki pisac, scenarist i satiričar Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein.

Rodio se u New Yorku u porodici ruskih Židova, a nakon studija obavljao poslove za građevinsku tvrtku svog oca. Početkom 1930-ih se posvetio spisateljskoj karijeri, a potom otišao u Hollywood pisati scenarije za B-filmove. Njegova iskustva su poslužila za roman Miss Lonelyhearts te Day of the Locust, koji se smatra jednim od najboljih prikaza Hollywooda 1930-ih. Poginuo je u prometnoj nesreći zajedno sa suprugom Eileen McKenney.

za kompletan popis v. Bibliografija Nathanaela Westa

• The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931)
• Miss Lonelyhearts (1933)
• A Cool Million (1934)
• The Day of the Locust (1939)

• Good Hunting (1938)
• Even Stephen

• Bercovitch, Sacvan, ed. Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (Library of America, 1997) ISBN 978-1-883011-28-4

• Ticket to Paradise (1936)
• Follow Your Heart (1936)
• The President's Mystery (1936)
• Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
• It Could Happen to You (1937)
• Born to Be Wild (1938)
• Five Came Back (1939)
• I Stole A Million (1939)
• The Spirit of Culver (1940)
• Men Against the Sky (1940)
• Let's Make Music (1940)

• Books and Writers: Nathanael West (1903-1940) Arhivirano 2007-11-16 na Wayback Machine-u
• Literary Traveler: The California Dreams of Nathanael West Arhivirano 2012-03-07 na Wayback Machine-u
• Nathanael West and the American Apocalyptic Arhivirano 2004-12-11 na Wayback Machine-u
• Nathanael West's Centennial
• Nathanael West's Photo & Gravesite
• Library of America's notes on West's works

• Martin, Jay, Nathanael West: The Art of His Life (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970)