Jonathan Gottschall (born September 20, 1972) is an American literary scholar specializing in literature and evolution.

He holds the title of Distinguished Fellow in the English department of Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.

He completed his PhD in English at State University of New York at Binghamton,[3] where he worked under David Sloan Wilson.

[9] A review by The Virginian-Pilot said "Gottschall assesses and accounts for that powerful narrative attraction in a compelling chronicle of his own...and it is a certifiable knee-slap, three-pipe, blue-moon ripsnorter.

Kirkus Reviews credited Gottschall with providing "fresh insights about the ways we understand reality.