Sallie Bingham (born January 22, 1937) is an American author, playwright, poet, teacher, feminist activist, and philanthropist.

She has also published six additional novels, three collections of poetry, numerous plays (produced off-Broadway and regionally), and a family memoir, Passion and Prejudice (Knopf, 1989).

She has received fellowships from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Bingham has been married three times: to publisher A. Whitney Ellsworth, attorney Michael Iovenko, and contractor Tim Peters.

She has three sons—film producer Barry Ellsworth, William Iovenko, and writer Christopher Iovenko—and five grandchildren.