David Gilbert (born 1967 in Paris) is an American author known for the novels & Sons, The Normals, and for Remote Feed, a collection of short stories.

Gilbert's father was S. Parker Gilbert, the Chairman of Morgan Stanley during the 1980s and his grandfather was Seymour Parker Gilbert, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and the Agent General for Reparations to Germany, from October 1924 to May 1930. He grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, graduated from Middlebury College, and earned an MFA in fiction writing from the University of Montana.

His published work includes the novels & Sons, The Normals, and Remote Feed, a collection of short stories. His writings have appeared in periodicals such as GQ, Harper's and The New Yorker.

Gilbert lives in New York City and has three children.

• Gilbert, David (23 July 2013). &Sons. ISBN 978-0812993967.
• Gilbert, David (2004). The Normals. ISBN 9781582344560.

• Gilbert, David (1998). Remote Feed. Scribner. ISBN 9780684843063.

• David Gilbert explores fatherly bonds in '& Sons'
• New Yorker Interview July 4, 2014
• www.davidgilbertauthor.com
• New Yorker Interview July 22, 2013
• New Yorker Interview November 5, 2012
• A Conversation Between David Gilbert and Amor Towles
• David Gilbert, Minding the family business, BookPage Interview by Alden Mudge