Jay Cantor (born 1948 New York City) is an American novelist and essayist.
He graduated from Harvard University with a BA, and from University of California, Santa Cruz with a Ph.D.
[1] He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, Melinda Marble, and their daughter, Grace.
[2] His work appeared in The Harvard Crimson.
[3] He was on the 2009 ArtScience Competition jury.