Howard Fishman is an American culture writer, singer, guitarist, bandleader, playwright, and composer from Brooklyn, New York. Since 2016, Fishman has been a contributing writer for The New Yorker. He has also written for The Washington Post Magazine, Artforum, Vanity Fair, San Francisco Chronicle, MOJO, and No Depression. Fishman's first book, "To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse," will be published by Dutton/Penguin Random House in May, 2023.