Authors_L

List of authors by name: L

Abbreviations: ch = children's, d = drama, f = fiction, nf = non-fiction, p = poetry

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

• 1 La
• 2 Le–Lh
• 3 Li
• 4 Lj–Lo
• 5 Lu–Ly

La

• Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942, Morocco, p)
• Louise Labé (c. 1524–1566, France, p)
• Nicolae Labi? (1935–1956, Romania, p)
• Pierre Labrie (born 1972, Canada, p)
• Jacques Lacarrière (1925–2005, France)
• Kate Lace (born 1956, England, f), pseudonym of Catherine Jones
• Camilla Läckberg (born 1974, Sweden, f)
• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950, US, f)
• Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741–1803, France/Italy, f/p/d)
• Mary Lacy (c. 1740–1801, England, nf)
• László Ladányi (born 1939, Hungary, f/nf)
• Fred Ladd (born 1927, US, d)
• Mike Ladd (born 1959, Australia, p)
• Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973, Trinidad/Canada, f)
• Monique Laederach (1938–2004, Switzerland, p/f)
• Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971, Sweden, nf/ch)
• R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002, US, f/nf)
• Jules Laforgue (1860–1887, Uruguay/France, p)
• Olof Lagercrantz (1911–2002, Sweden, p/f/nf)
• Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974, Sweden, p/d/f)
• Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940, Sweden, f/ch)
• Tim LaHaye (1926-2016, US, f/nf)
• Ross Laidlaw (living, Scotland, f)
• Sinikka Laine (born 1945, Finland, f/ch)
• Kojo Laing (1946-2017, Ghana, f/p)
• Feri Lainš?ek (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
• Jack Lait (1883–1954, US, nf/d)
• David Lake (1929–2016, India/Australia, f/p/nf)
• Lori L. Lake (born 1960, US, f)
• Simon Lake (1942–2006, US, f), pseudonym of Charles L. Grant
• Dragan Laki?evi? (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f)
• Ivan V. Lali? (1931–1996, Yugoslavia, p)
• Mihailo Lali? (1914–1992, Montenegro/Yugoslavia, f)
• Theo Lalleman (1946–2013, Netherlands, nf)
• Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869, France, nf)
• Arnette Lamb (1947–1988, US, f)
• Charles and Mary Lamb (1775–1834 and 1764–1847, England, nf/p/ch)
• Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f)
• Christina Lamb (born 1965, England, nf)
• Harold Lamb (1892–1962, US, nf/d/f)
• George Lamming (born 1927, Barbados, f/nf/p)
• John Lanchester (born 1962, Hong Kong/England, f/nf)
• Gustav Landauer (1870–1919, Germany, nf)
• Heinrich Landesmann (1821–1902, Austrian E, p/nf), pseudonym Hieronymus Lorm
• Geoffrey Landis (born 1955, US, nf/f)
• Jill Marie Landis (born 1948, US, f)
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838, England/Gold Coast, p/f), pseudonym L.E.L.
• Andrew Lang (1844–1912, Scotland, f/nf/ch)
• Karl Heinrich Lang (1764–1835, Germany, nf)
• Fátima Langa (1953–2017, Mozambique, ch)
• Mandla Langa (born 1950, S Africa, p/f)
• Ruth Ryan Langan (living, US, f)
• Dagmar Lange (1914–1991, Sweden, f), pseudonym Maria Lang
• Ernst Philipp Karl Lange (1913–1999, Germany, f), pseudonym Philipp Galen
• Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951, Germany, f/d)
• Gertrude Langer (1908–1984, Austria/Australia, nf)
• David Langford (born 1953, Wales/England, f)
• Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950, Germany, p/f)
• Eve Langley (1904–1974, Australia, f/p)
• Tania Langley (1927-2010, England, f), pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong
• Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, England, p), also spelled Aemilia Lanyer
• Coral Lansbury (1929–1991, Australia, f/nf)
• Alfred Lansing (1921–1975, US, nf)
• Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556, Hungary, p/nf)
• Lao She (??, 1899–1966, China, f/d)
• Justine Larbalestier (born 1967, Australia, f/ch)
• Valery Larbaud (1881–1957, France, f/p)
• Dionysius Lardner (1793–1859, Ireland/France, nf)
• Josaphat-Robert Large (1942–2017, Haiti/US, p/f/nf)
• Christopher Largen (1969-2012, US, f/nf)
• Dalenda Larguèche (born 1953, Tunisia, nf)
• Glenda Larke (living, Australia, f/nf)
• Viveca Lärn (born 1944, Sweden, ch/f)
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945, Germany/Palestine, p/nf/d)
• Michael Laskey (born 1944, England, f)
• Marghanita Laski (1915–1988, England, f/nf/d)
• Rina Lasnier (1915–1997, Canada, p/d)
• Erik Larson (born 1954, US, nf)
• Glen A. Larson (1937-2014, US, d)
• Ron Larson (born 1941, US, nf)
• Stieg Larsson (1954–2004, Sweden, f/nf)
• Stig Larsson (born 1955, Sweden, f/p/d)
• David Lassman (born 1963, England, nf)
• Kurd Lasswitz (1848–1910, Germany, f/nf)
• Miklós László (1903–1973, Hungary/US, d), born Nicholaus Leitner
• Yulia Latynina (born 1966, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf)
• Heinrich Laube (1806–1884, Germany/Austria, d/f)
• William Laud (1573–1645, England, nf)
• Josef Lauff (1855–1933, Germany, p/d)
• Keith Laumer (1925–1993, US, f)
• March Laumer (1923–2000, US, f)
• Stephanie Laurens (born 1953, Australia, f)
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959, England, d/f)
• Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870, Uruguay/France, p)
• Christine Lavant (1915–1973, Austria, p/f)
• Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801, Switzerland, p/nf)
• Nel Law (1914–1990, Australia, p/nf)
• Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950, US/England, f/ch)
• Anthony Lawrence (born 1957, Australia, p/f)
• Aubrey Lawrence (1875–1930, England, nf)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, England/France, f/nf/p)
• Frieda Lawrence (1879–1956, Germany/US, nf)
• George Alfred Lawrence (1827–1876, England/Scotland, f)
• Michael Lawrence (born 1943, England, ch)
• William Lawrence (1783–1867, England, nf)
• Henry Lawson (1867–1922, Australia, f/p/nf)
• Louisa Lawson (1848–1920, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Robert Lawson (1892–1957, US, ch)
• Sylvia Lawson (1932–2017, Australia, nf)
• Harry Lawton (1927–2005, US, f)
• Ervin Lázár (1936–2006, Hungary, ch/f)
• Jelena Lazarevi? (1365/1366–1443, Serbia, nf)
• Laza Lazarevi? (1851–1891, Serbia, nf/f)
• Stefan Lazarevi? (c. 1377–1427, Serbia, p)
• Simone Lazaroo (born 1961, Singapore/Australia, f)
• Vladimir Lazovi? (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

Le–Lh

• J. M. G. Le Clézio (born 1940, France, f/nf/ch)
• Gertrud von Le Fort (1876–1971, Germany, f/p/nf)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018, US, f/p/nf)
• Eugène Le Roy (1836–2007, France, nf/f)
• Bronwyn Lea (living, Australia, p/nf)
• Munro Leaf (1905–1976, US, ch)
• Caroline Leakey (1827–1881, England, p/f)
• Edmund Leamy (1848–1904, Ireland, ch)
• Edward Lear (1812–1888, England, p/f)
• Benjamin Lebert (born 1982, Germany, f)
• Lesley Lebkowicz (born 1946, Australia, p)
• Paulina Lebl-Albala (1891–1967, Serbia/US, nf)
• Marie Leblanc (1867–1915, Mauritius, nf/f)
• Maurice Leblanc (1864–1941, France, f)
• Pierre-Antoine Lebrun (1785–1873, France, p)
• Day Leclaire (living, US, f)
• Félix Leclerc (1914–1988, Canada, p/f/d)
• Michael Ledwidge (living, US, f)
• Dennis Lee (born 1939, Canada, p/nf/ch)
• Harper Lee (1926–2016, US, f)
• Ida Lee (1865–1943, Australia/England, nf/p)
• Laurie Lee (1914–1997, England, f/nf)
• Miranda Lee (living, Australia, f)
• Rawdon Briggs Lee (1845–1908, England, nf)
• Sharon Lee (born 1952, US, f)
• Tanith Lee (1947-2015, England, f/ch/p)
• Vernon Lee (1856–1935, France/Italy, f/nf), pseudonym of Violet Paget
• Eugene Jacob Lee-Hamilton (1845–1907, England/Italy, p)
• Valentine Leeper (1900–2001, Australia, nf)
• James Lees-Milne (1908–1997, England, nf/f)
• Dennis Lehane (born 1965, US, f)
• Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940, Australia, p/ch)
• Fritz Leiber (1910–1992, US, f/p/d)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716, Germany, nf)
• Dorothy Leigh (died c. 1616, England, nf/p)
• Julia Leigh (born 1970, Australia, f/d)
• Richard Leigh (1650–1728, England, p/nf)
• Murray Leinster (1896–1975, US, f/d), pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins
• Michel Leiris (1901–1990, France, f/p)
• John Leland (1503–1552, England, p/nf)
• Stanis?aw Lem (1921-2006, Poland, f/nf)
• Vesna Lemai? (b. 1981, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
• Jean Lemaire de Belges (c. 1473 – c. 1525, Flanders, p/nf)
• Mark Lemon (1809–1870, England, nf/d/p)
• Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850, Austria-Hungary, p), pseudonym of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007, US, f/p/ch)
• Jelena Lengold (born 1959, Serbia, p/f)
• Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974, Hungary, d)
• Ellen Lenneck (1851–1880, Germany, f), pseudonym of Martha Julie Antoinette Helene Weichardt
• Jacob van Lennep (1802–1868, Netherlands, p/f)
• Anna Maria Lenngren (1754–1817, Sweden, p)
• Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804, Gibraltar/England, f/d/p)
• Michael Lentz (born 1964, Germany, f/p)
• Michel Lentz (1820–1893, Luxembourg, p)
• Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792, Russian E, p/d/nf)
• Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014, Germany, f/nf/d)
• Donna Leon (born 1942, US/Switzerland, f/nf)
• John Leonard (born 1965, England/Australia, p/nf)
• Tom Leonard (1944–2018, Scotland, p/nf/f)
• Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837, Italy, nf/p)
• Paul Leppin (1878–1945, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia, f)
• Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976, Austria, p/f/d)
• Etienne Leroux (1922–1989, S Africa, f)
• Gaston Leroux (1868–1927, France, f/d)
• Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747, France, f/d)
• ?uba Lesná (born 1954, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf/f/d)
• Doris Lessing (1919-2013, S Rhodesia/England, f)
• Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781, Germany, nf/d)
• Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704, England, nf)
• Jonathan Lethem (born 1964, US, f/nf)
• Julie Elizabeth Leto (living, US, f)
• Reinhard Lettau (1929–1996, Germany/US, f/nf)
• Winifred Mary Letts (1882–1972, England/Ireland, f/d/p)
• Charles Lever (1806–1872, Ireland/Italy, f)
• Oscar Levertin (1862–1906, Sweden, p/nf)
• Henry Jean-Marie Levet (1874–1906, France, p/nf)
• Robin Levett (1925–2008, Australia, nf/f)
• Thomas Levi (1825–1916, Wales, nf/ch)
• Barbara Levick (born 1932, England, nf)
• Tanya Levin (born 1971, Australia, nf)
• Gail Carson Levine (born 1947, US, ch)
• Stacey Levine (living, US, f/nf)
• Paul Levinson (born 1947, US, f/nf)
• David Levithan (born 1972, US, ch)
• Fran Levstik (1831–1887, Austrian E, f/nf)
• Andrea Levy (1956–2019, England, f)
• Deborah Levy (born 1959, S Africa/England, f/d/p)
• Marc Levy (born 1961, France, f)
• William Levy (1939-2019, US/Netherlands, nf/d)
• Emma Lew (born 1962, Australia, p)
• Fanny Lewald (1811–1889, Germany, f/nf)
• Alun Lewis (1915–1944, Wales, p)
• C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, N Ireland/England, f/nf)
• Deborah Lewis (1942–2006, US, f), pseudonym of Charles L. Grant
• Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979, Wales, f/p/d)
• George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863, England, nf)
• Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959, Wales, p)
• Henry Lewis (1889–1968, Wales, nf)
• Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England, f/ch)
• Hywel Lewis (1910–1992, Wales, nf)
• Linda Lewis (born 1950, US, ch)
• Matthew Lewis (1775–1818, England, f/d)
• Naomi Lewis (1911–2009, England, p/nf/ch)
• Robyn Léwis (1929–2019, Wales, nf)
• Saunders Lewis (1893–1985, Wales, nf/p/d)
• Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951, US, f/d/p)
• Susan Lewis (born 1956, England, f/nf)
• Ted Lewis (1940–1982, England, f)
• Wendy Lewis (born 1962, Australia, nf/d)
• Alice Chetwynd Ley (1913-2004, England, f)
• Sophie Leyton (1928–2009, England), pseudonym of Sheila O'Nions Walsh
• François Tristan l'Hermite (c. 1601–1655, France, f/d)
• Edward Lhuyd (1660–1709, Wales/England, nf)

Li

• Li Ao (??, 772–841, China, nf)
• Li Ao (??, 1935–2018, China, nf)
• Li Bai (??, 701762, China, p)
• Li Baiyao (???, 564–647, China, nf)
• Li Baojia (???, 1867–1906, China, nf/p)
• Bella Li (born 1983, China/Australia, p)
• C. C. Li (???, 1912–2003, China/US, nf)
• Li Chunfeng (???, 602–670, China, nf)
• Li Dashi (???, 570–628, China, nf)
• Li Delin (???, c. 531 – c. 591, China, nf)
• Li Fang (??, 925–996, China, nf)
• Li He (??, c.?790–791 – c.?816–817, China, p)
• Li Jiao (??, died post-710 CE, China, nf)
• Li Jing (??, 571–649, China, nf)
• Li Kui (??, 455–395 BCE, China, nf)
• Li Li (??, born 1961, China/Sweden, p)
• Li Qingzhao (???, 1084 – c. 1155, China, p/nf)
• Li Rui (??, born 1949, China, f)
• Li Shangyin (???, c. 813–858, China, p)
• Li Shanlan (???, 1810–1882, China, nf)
• Li Shicen (???, 1892–1934, China, nf)
• Li Shizhen (???, 1518–1593, China, nf)
• Li Shizhi (???, died 747, China, p/nf)
• Li Yu (??, c. 937–978, China, p)
• Li Yu (??, 1610–1680, China, d/f)
• Li Zhenyu (???, living, China, nf)
• Li Zhi (??, 1527–1602, China, nf)
• Liang Qichao (???, 1873–1929, China, nf)
• Liang Shuming (???, 1893–1988, China, nf)
• Liao Yiwu (???, born 1958, China, nf/p)
• Laura Jean Libbey (1862–1924, US, f)
• Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799, Germany, nf)
• Jacqueline Lichtenberg (born 1942, US, f)
• Herbert Lichtenfeld (1927–2001, Germany, d)
• Alfred Lichtenstein (1889–1914, Germany/France, p/f)
• Ignatz Lichtenstein (1824–1908, Hungary, nf)
• Isabella Lickbarrow (1784–1847, England, p)
• Sara Lidman (1923–2004, Sweden, f)
• Ash Lieb (born 1982, Australia, f/nf/d)
• Simcha Lieberman (1929–2009, Poland/England, nf)
• Heinz Liepmann (1905–1966, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
• Gabriel Liiceanu (born 1942, Romania, nf)
• Vladana Likar-Smiljani? (born 1943, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch/nf)
• Detlev von Liliencron (1844–1909, Germany, p/f)
• Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936, Finland, ch/f/p)
• Kate Lilley (born 1960, Australia, p)
• Eduard Limonov (1943–2020, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf)
• Lin Haiyin (???, 1918–2001, China, f)
• Lin Huiyin (???, 1904–1955, China, p/nf/d)
• Lin Shu (??, 1852–1924, China, nf)
• Tao Lin (??, born 1983, US, f/p/nf)
• Lin Yutang (???, 1899–1976, China/Hong Kong, nf/f)
• Kurt Linck (1889 – post-1926, Germany, nf)
• Paul Lindau (1839–1919, Germany, d/f)
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001, US, nf/p)
• Eddie Linden (born 1935, Scotland/England, p/nf)
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002, Sweden, ch/f/d)
• Barbro Lindgren (born 1937, Sweden, ch/f)
• Torgny Lindgren (1938–2017, Sweden, p/f)
• Herman Lindqvist (born 1943, Sweden, nf)
• John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968, Sweden, f)
• Sven Lindqvist (1932–2019, Sweden, nf)
• Jack Lindsay (1900–1990, Australia/England, f/d/p)
• Joan Lindsay (1896–1984, Australia, f/d/nf)
• Norman Lindsay (1879–1969, Australia, f/ch/p)
• Philip Lindsay (1906–1958, Australia/England, f/nf)
• Rose Lindsay (1885–1978, Australia, nf)
• Johanna Lindsey (1952-2019, US, f)
• Fredrik Lindström (born 1963, Sweden, nf)
• Ling Li (??, 1942–2018, China, f)
• Ling Mengchu (???, 1580–1644, China, f)
• Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795, Habsburg E, d/nf)
• Art Linkletter (1912–2010, Canada/US, ch)
• Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778, Sweden, nf)
• Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829, Sweden, nf)
• Mary Linskill (1840–1891, England, f/p)
• Léa Linster (born 1955, Luxembourg, nf)
• Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898, England, f/nf)
• Elinor Lipman (born 1950, US, f/nf)
• George Lippard (1822–1854, US, f/d/nf)
• Laura Lippman (born 1959, US, f)
• Florjan Lipuš (born 1937, Austria, f/nf), pseudonym Boro Kostanek
• Irene Lisboa (1892–1958, Portugal, f/p/nf)
• Leconte de Lisle (1818–1894, France, p)
• Robert Lissauer (1917–2004, US, nf)
• Thomas Henry Lister (1800–1842, England, f/nf)
• Carol Liston (living, Australia, nf)
• Ellen Liston (1838–1885, Australia, f/p)
• Jessie Litchfield (1883–1956, Australia, f/nf/p)
• John Lithgow (born 1945, US, f/nf)
• Liu Bowen (???, 1311–1375, China), pseudonym of Liu Ji (??)
• Liu Cixin (???, born 1963, China, f)
• Liu E (??, 1857–1909, China, nf)
• Eric Liu (???, born 1968, Taiwan/US, nf)
• Liu Heng (??, China, nf)
• Liu Hui (??, fl. 3rd c. CE, China, nf)
• Liu Tong (??, c. 1593–1637, China, f/nf)
• Liu Xiang (??, 77–6 BCE, China, nf/p)
• Liu Xiaobo (???, 1955–2017, China, nf)
• Liu Xie (??, fl. 5th c. CE, China, nf)
• Liu Xin (??, 50 BCE – 23 CE, China, nf)
• Liu Xinwu (???, born 1942, China, f/ch)
• Liu Xinglong (???, born 1956, China, f/p)
• Liu Yong (??, 987–1053, China, p)
• Liu Yuxi (???, 772–842, China, p/nf)
• Liu Zhenyun (???, born 1958, China, f/d)
• Liu Zhi (??, fl. 8th c. CE, China, nf)
• Liu Zhiji (???, 661–721, China, nf)
• Liu Zongyuan (???, 773–819, China, nf/p)

Lj–Lo

• Draga Ljo?i? (1855–1926, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša (1824–1878, Austria E/Austria-Hungary, f)
• Maria Gabriela Llansol (1931–2008, Portugal, f/nf)
• Kate Llewellyn (born 1936, Australia, nf)
• Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936, Peru, f/nf/ch)
• John Lloyd (born 1951, England, nf)
• John Lloyd-Jones (1885–1956, Wales/Ireland, nf/p)
• William Watkiss Lloyd (1813–1893, England, nf)
• Alan Llwyd (born 1948, Wales, p/nf)
• Angharad Llwyd (1780–1966, Wales, nf)
• Martha Llwyd (1766–1845, Wales, p)
• Morgan Llwyd (1619–1659, Wales, p)
• Robin Llywelyn (born 1958, Wales, f)
• Ðorðe Loba?ev (1909–2002, Serbia/Soviet Union, f)
• Arnold Lobel (1933–1987, US, ch)
• Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580–1622, Portugal, p/nf)
• Joice NanKivell Loch (1887–1882, Australia, f/nf)
• Liz Lochhead (born 1947, Scotland, p/d)
• John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854, Scotland, nf)
• Attica Locke (born 1974, US, f/d)
• John Locke (1632–1704, England, nf)
• Lilian Locke (1869–1950, Australia, nf/f)
• Sumner Locke (1881–1917, Australia, f/d/p)
• Richard Lockridge (1898–1982, US, f)
• Ross Lockridge, Jr. (1914–1948, US, f)
• Patricia Lockwood (born 1982, US, p/f/nf)
• David Lodge (born 1935, England, f/d)
• Oliver Lodge (1851–1940, England, nf)
• Thomas Lodge (c. 1558–1625, England, d/p/nf)
• Erich Loest (1926–2013, Germany, f)
• Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009, Switzerland, nf)
• Hugh Lofting (1886–1947, England/US, ch)
• Friedrich von Logau (1605–1655, Germany, p/nf)
• Daniel Casper von Lohenstein (1635–1683, Germany, d/nf/p)
• Amanda Lohrey (born 1947, Australia, f/nf)
• Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901–1990, Sweden, f/nf)
• Hilary London (born 1924, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer
• Jack London (1876–1916, US, f/nf)
• Joan London (born 1948, Australia, f/d)
• Ruth Frances Long (born 1971, Ireland, f)
• William Stuart Long (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882, US, p)
• Abie Longstaff (living, Australia/England, ch)
• Barry B. Longyear (born 1942, US, f)
• Hermann Löns (1866–1914, Germany, f/p)
• Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944, Netherlands/US, nf/ch)
• J. Thomas Looney (1870–1944, England, nf)
• Anita Loos (1888–1981, US, d/f)
• Jacobus van Looy (1855–1930, Netherlands, nf)
• Fernão Lopes (c. 1385 – post-1459, Portugal, nf)
• Jakob Lorber (1800–1864, Austria, nf)
• Federico García Lorca (1898–1936, Spain, p)
• Gabrielle Lord (born 1946, Australia, f/nf)
• Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US, nf)
• Rudolf Lorenzen (1922–2013, Germany, f)
• László L. L?rincz (born 1939, Hungary, f)
• F. G. Loring (1869–1951, England, nf/p/f)
• Jean Lorrah (born 1938, US, f)
• Claire Lorrimer (1921–2016, England, f), pseudonym of Patricia Denise Robins
• Guillaume de Lorris (c. 1200 – c. 1240, France, nf/p)
• Ernst Lothar (1890–1974, Austrian E/Austria, f)
• Rudolf Lothar (1865–1943, Hungary/Austria, d/f/nf)
• Pierre Loti (1850–1923, France, f)
• Peter Lourie (born 1952, US, nf/ch)
• Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925, Belgium/France, f/p)
• Anna M. Louw (1913–2003, S Africa, f)
• Alexander Loveday (1888–1962, England, nf)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937, US, f)
• Earl Lovelace (born 1935, Trinidad, f/d)
• Richard Lovelace (1617–1657, England, p)
• Henry Lovelich (fl. mid-15th c., England, p)
• Samuel Lover (1797–1868, Ireland, f/p)
• Eugen Lovinescu (1881–1943, Romania, nf/f)
• Dorothy Mackie Low (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low
• Stephen Lowe (born 1947, England, d)
• Elizabeth Lowell (born 1944, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Ann Maxwell
• Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel (1630–1703, Germany, nf)
• Paul B. Lowney (1917–2007, US, f/nf)
• Henry Dawson Lowry (1869–1906, England, f/p)
• Lois Lowry (born 1937, US, ch)
• Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957, England, p/f)

Lu–Ly

• Lu Guimeng (???, died 881 CE, China, p)
• Lu Haodong (???, 1868–1895, China, nf)
• Lu Ji (??, 261–303, China, p/nf)
• Marie Lu (???, born 1984, China/US, ch)
• Lu Tong (??, 790–835, China, p)
• Lu Xun (??, 1881–1936, China, nf/p)
• Lu You (??, 1125–1209, China, p)
• Lu Zhi (??, c. 1243–1315, China, p)
• Percy Lubbock (1879–1965, England, nf)
• Gherasim Luca (1913–1994, Romania/France, nf/p)
• Tim Lucas (born 1956, US, nf/f)
• Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967, Australia, f/nf/ch)
• Lucebert (1924–1994, Netherlands, p), pseudonym of Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk
• James Luceno (born 1947, US, f/nf)
• Lucidor (1638–1674, Sweden, p), pseudonym of Lars Johansson
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US, nf/f)
• Emil Ludwig (1881–1948, Germany/Switzerland, d/f)
• Otto Ludwig (1813–1865, Germany, d/f/nf)
• Kristina Lugn (1948–2020, Sweden, p/d)
• Tamara Lujak (born 1976, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Dragan Luki? (1928–2006, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch)
• Svetlana Luki? (born 1958, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Tatjana Luki? (1959–2008, Yugoslavia/Australia, p)
• Vladimir Lukov (born 1949, Bulgaria, p)
• Stevan M. Lukovi? (1877–1902, Serbia, p)
• Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968, Soviet Union/Russia, f)
• Catharine Lumby (living, Australia, nf)
• Jean-Pierre Luminet (born 1951, France, nf/p)
• Jane Lumley, Baroness Lumley (1537–1578, England, nf/d)
• Joanna Lumley (born 1946, India/England, nf)
• Louisa Lumsden (1840–1935, Scotland, nf)
• Duncan Lunan (born 1945, Scotland, nf/f)
• Dan Lungu (born 1969, Romania, f/p/d)
• Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991, Sweden, p/f/nf)
• Luo Binwang (???, c. 619 – c. 684, China, p)
• Luo Guanzhong (???, c. 1330–1400 or c. 1280–1360, China, f)
• Luo Yin (??, c. 833–910, China, p)
• Johanan Luria (late 15th – early 16th c., Germany/France, nf)
• Edgar Lustgarten (1907–1978, England, f)
• Maria Kuncewiczowa (1834–1908, Duchy of Warsaw, p/f/nf)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546, Germany, nf)
• Elizabeth Lutyens (1874–1964, England, nf)
• John Lutz (born 1939, US, f)
• Alexis Lykiard (born 1940, Greece/England, f/p)
• Marius Lyle (1872–1964, England/N Ireland, f), pseudonym of Una Maud Lyle Smyth
• John Lyly (1553 or 1554–1606, England, p/d)
• Dennis Lynds (1924-2005, US, f), pseudonym Michael Collins
• Arthur Lynch (1861–1934, Australia/Ireland, p/nf)
• Karen Lynch (born 1967, Canada/US, f/ch)
• Gayle Lynds (living, US, f)
• J. J. Lynx (c. 1900 – post-1965, Germany/England, nf)
• Elinor Lyon (1921–2008, England/Wales, ch)
• Joshua Lyon (born 1974, US, nf)
• P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986, England, p/nf)
• Enid Lyons (1897–1981, Australia, nf)