David Keith Mano (February 12, 1942[1] – September 14, 2016) was an American writer and political commentator, known for his work in National Review.

Mano attended Trinity School (where, he claimed, he converted to Episcopalianism in order to be eligible for a prize)[2] and Columbia University, where he studied under Lionel Trilling.

[3] He subsequently received a Kellett Fellowship[2] and spent a year at Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied under F. R. Leavis,[3] and performed as part of the Marlowe Society.

[2] Upon returning to the United States, he performed with the National Shakespeare Company while also managing his family's construction business.

[5] In the 1980s, he began writing for television, and produced scripts for Monsters and LA Law[2] and Homicide: Life on the Street;[6] as well, he wrote the episode of St.