Laurel Snyder (born 1974) is an American writer. Her books include Daphne and Jim: A choose-your-own-adventure biography in verse (Burnside Review Press, 2005), Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes (Soft Skull Press, 2006), The Myth of the Simple Machines (No Tell Books, 2007), Inside the Slidy Diner (Tricycle Press, 2008), Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, or The Search for a Suitable Princess (Random House, 2008), and Any Which Wall (Random House, 2009).
She has edited a number of literary journals and is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered.
Snyder was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and holds degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. She lives in Decatur, Georgia, with her husband and children.