Margaret Scarf (née Klein; May 13, 1932) is an American writer, journalist, and lecturer.
Her award-winning books and articles specialize in women, family relationships, and marriage in particular, including the best-selling books Unfinished Business: Pressure Points in the Lives of Women (Doubleday, 1980) and Intimate Partners: Patterns in Love and Marriage (Random House, 1987).
She was a Contributing Editor to The New Republic, and a member of the advisory board of the American Psychiatric Press.
Maggie Scarf resided in Sag Harbor, New York with her husband Herbert Scarf (1930–2015), economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University.
They have three daughters: Susan Scarf Merrell, Martha Samuelson, and Betsy S. Stone.