Mary Elizabeth Hirsh, better known as Mimi Hirsh (1947/8 – 8 April 2016) was an American novelist who wrote under the pen name, M.E. Hirsh. She was born in Waltham, Massachusetts and raised in nearby Newton. Hirsh is best known for her "critically-acclaimed" novel Kabul and Dreaming Back, and for her work in championing cultural causes in Boston's South End.