Sheldon Mayer Harnick (April 30, 1924 – June 23, 2023) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as Fiorello!, She Loves Me, and Fiddler on the Roof.

[5] He was friends with Charlotte Rae from college, and he went to see her one night at the Village Vanguard where she was singing a revue.

[6] Around 1956, Harnick met Jerry Bock, forming "what is arguably the most important musical partnership of the '60s.

(1959) ran for 795 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the Tony Award for Best Musical.

[11] In 2020, Harnick worked on a musical adaptation of the Soviet play The Dragon by Evgeny Schwartz.

They had two children and lived in an apartment at The Beresford, a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.