List of authors by name: L

List of authors by name:

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La

• Kate Lace (pseudonym of Catherine Jones)
• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950)
• Fred Ladd (born 1927)
• Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973)
• R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)
• Tim LaHaye (born 1926)
• Ross Laidlaw
• Sinikka Laine (born 1945)
• Kojo Laing (born 1946)
• Melvin Laird (1922–2016)
• Jack Lait (1883–1954)
• Lori L. Lake (born 1960)
• Simon Lake (1942–2006)
• Arnette Lamb (1947–1988)
• Charlotte Lamb
• Harold Lamb (1892–1962)
• George Lamming (born 1927)
• Geoffrey Landis (born 1955)
• Jill Marie Landis
• Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838)
• Andrew Lang (1844–1912)
• Mandla Langa (born 1950)
• Ruth Ryan Langan
• David Langford (born 1953)
• Tania Langley (born 1927)
• Alfred Lansing (1921–1975)
• Christopher Largen (born 1969)
• Erik Larson (born 1954)
• Glen A. Larson (born 1937)
• Ron Larson (born 1941)
• Stieg Larsson (1954–2004)
• David Lassman (born 1963)
• Yulia Latynina (born 1966)
• Keith Laumer (1925–1993)
• Stephanie Laurens
• Hugh Laurie (born 1959)
• Rick Law (born 1969)
• Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
• George Alfred Lawrence (1827–1876)
• Robert Lawson (1892–1957)
• Harry Lawton (1927–2005)

Le

• Munro Leaf (1905–1976)
• Edmund Leamy (1848–1904)
• Edward Lear (1812–1888)
• Day Leclaire
• Michael Ledwidge
• Dennis Lee (born 1939)
• Harper Lee (1926–2016)
• Miranda Lee
• Rawdon Briggs Lee (1845–1908), writer on dogs
• Sharon Lee (born 1952)
• Tanith Lee (born 1947)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)
• Dennis Lehane (born 1965)
• Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)
• Murray Leinster (1896–1975) (pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins)
• Stanisław Lem (born 1921)
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007)
• Donna Leon (born 1942)
• Etienne Leroux (1922–1989)
• Doris Lessing (born 1919)
• Jonathan Lethem (born 1964)
• Julie Elizabeth Leto
• Barbara Levick (born 1932)
• Gail Carson Levine (born 1947)
• Stacey Levine
• Paul Levinson (born 1947)
• David Levithan (born 1972)
• Andrea Levy (1956–2019)
• Marc Levy (born 1961)
• William Levy (born 1939)
• C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
• Deborah Lewis (pseudonym of Charles L. Grant) (1942–2006)
• Linda Lewis (born 1950)
• Susan Lewis (born 1956)
• Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)
• Ted Lewis (1940–1982)
• Alice Chetwynd Ley (born 1913)
• Sophie Leyton (1928–2009) (pseudonym of Sheila O'Nions Walsh)
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007)

Li

• Laura Jean Libbey (1862–1924)
• Simcha Liberman (1929–2009)
• Jacqueline Lichtenberg (born 1942)
• Ash Lieb (born 1982)
• Tao Lin (born 1983)
• Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002)
• Johanna Lindsey (born 1952)
• Art Linkletter (1912–2010)
• Elinor Lipman (born 1950)
• George Lippard (1822–1854)
• Laura Lippman (born 1959)
• Robert Lissauer (1917–2004)
• John Lithgow (born 1945)

Lo

• Arnold Lobel (1933–1987)
• António Lobo Antunes (born 1942)
• John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854)
• John Locke (1632–1704)
• Richard Lockridge (1898–1982)
• Ross Lockridge, Jr. (1914–1948)
• Oliver Lodge (1851–1940)
• Hugh Lofting (1886–1947)
• Hilary London (pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer) (born 1924)
• Jack London (1876–1916)
• Ruth Frances Long (born 1971)
• William Stuart Long (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
• Barry B. Longyear (born 1942)
• Anita Loos (1888–1981)
• Audre Lorde (1934–1992)
• Jean Lorrah (born 1938)
• Claire Lorrimer (pseudonym of Patricia Denise Robins)
• Peter Lourie (born 1952)
• Anna M. Louw (1913–2003)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
• Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
• Dorothy Mackie Low (born 1916) (pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
• Elizabeth Lowell (born 1944)
• Paul B. Lowney (1917–2007)
• Lois Lowry (born 1937)
• Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957)

Lu

• Marie Lu (born 1984)
• Tim Lucas (born 1956)
• James Luceno (born 1947)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)
• Luiz Duarte da Rocha (born 1956)
• Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968)
• Duncan Lunan (born 1945)
• John Lutz (born 1939)
• Johanan Luria
• Edgar Lustgarten (1907–1978)

Ly

• Alexis Lykiard (born 1940)
• Dennis Lynds (pseudonym: Michael Collins)
• Karen Lynch (born 1967)
• Gayle Lynds
• Joshua Lyon (born 1974)