Danielle Crittenden (born April 20, 1963) is a Canadian-American author and journalist.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she is the daughter of Max Crittenden, a former editor with the Toronto Telegram, and journalist and book critic Yvonne Crittenden.

She did not attend university but became a full-time general assignment reporter and feature writer at the Toronto Sun until 1984.

She then traveled and freelanced for magazines and newspapers until marrying David Frum, in 1988.

The couple moved to New York and later to Washington, D.C. She is a convert to Judaism.