Michel Laub (born 1973 in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian writer and journalist.

He worked for a few months as a lawyer in Porto Alegre, his hometown, but gave up the career.

Laub wrote about business and politics for the magazines Carta Capital and República.

He was the coordinator of publications and courses of Moreira Salles Institute, later assuming the function of editor for their website.

Diário da Queda (published in English as Diary of the Fall), written with support from a grant from Funarte, was his first work to address his Jewish origins, from the diaries of his grandfather, a survivor of the concentration camp of Auschwitz.