Anita Diamant (born June 27, 1951) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books.

Diamant spent her early childhood in Newark, New Jersey, and moved to Denver, Colorado,[4] when she was 12 years old.

Her articles have been published in the Boston Globe magazine, Parenting magazine, New England Monthly, Yankee, Self, Parents, McCall's, and Ms.[5] Her first book was The New Jewish Wedding, published in 1985, and updated in 2022 as "The Jewish Wedding Now."

Diamant is the founding president of Mayyim Hayyim: Living Waters Community Mikveh and Education Center, a community-based ritual bath in Newton, Massachusetts.

[1] Her work -- reporting and opinion -- has appeared in many publications, including the Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, New England Monthly, Parenting, McCalls, Hadassah, Moment, and online as a contributor to "Cognoscenti," a project of WBUR-FM.