Jeffrey Lewis (born 1944), also known as Jeff Lewis, is an American novelist and screenwriter. He has published eight novels, most notably the four novels of The Meritocracy Quartet. In television, as a writer-producer of Hill Street Blues, he earned 12 Emmy Award nominations, eight for writing and four as a producer, winning Emmys twice. Additionally, he received eight Writers Guild of America Award nominations and won once in 1984. He was a showrunner of Hill Street Blues during its sixth season and co-showrunner with his Yale University roommate David Milch, whom he recruited to join Hill Street Blues, during its seventh season.

He has published nine novels:

In addition, the first four novels, being interlinked, have been published in an omnibus edition, The Meritocracy Quartet (Haus, 2011).

During the 1970s in New York City, Lewis took part in the collaborative staff that produced The Real World magazine. From 1974 to 1977, he was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan, an experience which informed his contributions to Hill Street Blues.

Jeffrey Lewis was born in New York City to Richard Lewis and Alice Lewis née Lisson. He has two sisters, Kathryn Lewis and Constance Dévanthery-Lewis, and a brother, Kip Lewis. He is married to Gayle Lewis and has a daughter Sarah Lewis.

He received a B.A. degree from Yale University (1966) and a J.D. degree from Harvard University (1970).

Lewis's books have been widely reviewed. Samples of reviewers' comments indicate a largely favorable reception.

For Meritocracy: A Love Story: