Hy Bender is an author who has written or cowritten 15 books. Bender also writes reviews of New York theatre productions and comedy shows, primarily for his website, and occasionally for other publications such as The New York Times. Bender has written humor articles for such national magazines as Mad Magazine, Spy, American Film, and Advertising Age.

Bender is currently focused on screenwriting, and runs the respected Manhattan movie writing workshop NYScreenwriters.org. Bender runs a script analysis service to help writers identify and repair problems with their screenplays and teleplays, and runs a book proposal service that helps authors sell their concepts to book publishers.