Authors: L
489 writers whose surname begins with L, sorted by surname.
Most-read authors under L
Sharon Lechter
born 1954
C. S. Lewis
Science fiction, 1898–1963
Harper Lee
Literary fiction, 1926–2016
Lois Lowry
Children's books, born 1937
Ursula K. Le Guin
Science fiction, 1929–2018
Louis L'Amour
Westerns, 1908–1988
Jack London
Literary fiction, 1876–1916
Mercedes Lackey
Fantasy, born 1950
E. Lockhart
Children's books, born 1967
Steven Levitt
born 1967
John le Carré
Thrillers, 1931–2020
H. P. Lovecraft
Mystery, 1890–1937
All 489 authors under L
- L'Amour, Louis 1908–1988
- L'Engle, Madeleine 1918–2007
- L'Herbier, Marcel 1888–1979
- La Bruyère, Jean de 1645–1696
- La Farge, John 1835–1910
- La Fayette, Madame de 1634–1693
- La Follette, Robert M. 1855–1925
- La Fontaine, Henri 1854–1943
- La Fontaine, Jean de 1621–1695
- La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de 1777–1843
- La Rochefoucauld, François duc de 1613–1680
- La Rochelle, Pierre Drieu 1893–1945
- Labé, Louise 1524–1566
- Labiche, Eugène 1815–1888
- Laboulaye, Édouard 1811–1883
- Labriola, Antonio 1843–1904
- Lachmann, Karl 1793–1851
- Lācis, Vilis 1904–1966
- Läckberg, Camilla born 1974
- Lackey, Mercedes born 1950
- Laclos, Choderlos de 1741–1803
- Lacordaire, Jean-Baptiste Henri 1802–1861
- Lactantius 240–320
- Lada, Josef 1887–1957
- LaDuke, Winona born 1959
- Laestadius, Lars Levi 1800–1861
- Lafargue, Paul 1842–1911
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de 1757–1834
- Laferrière, Dany born 1953
- Lafferty, R. A. 1914–2002
- Laforet, Carmen 1921–2004
- Laforêt, Marie 1939–2019
- Laforgue, Jules 1860–1887
- Lagercrantz, David born 1962
- Lagerkvist, Pär 1891–1974
- Lagerlöf, Selma 1858–1940
- Lagrange, J. L. 1736–1813
- LaHaye, Tim 1926–2016
- Lahiri, Jhumpa born 1967
- Lai, Thanhha born 1965
- Lajpat Rai, Lala 1865–1928
- Lakoff, George born 1941
- Lakshmi, Padma born 1970
- Lalande, Jérôme 1732–1807
- Lalleshwari 1320–1392
- Lama, 13th Dalai 1876–1933
- Lama, 1st Dalai 1391–1474
- Lama, 2nd Dalai 1476–1542
- Lama, 3rd Dalai 1543–1588
- Lama, 5th Dalai 1617–1682
- Lama, 6th Dalai 1683–1706
- Lama, 7th Dalai 1708–1758
- Lama, 8th Dalai 1758–1804
- Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste 1744–1829
- Lamartine, Alphonse de 1790–1869
- Lamb, Caroline, Lady 1785–1828
- Lamb, Charles 1775–1834
- Lamb, Charlotte 1937–2000
- Lamb, Christina born 1965
- Lamb, Mary 1764–1847
- Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan, princesse de 1749–1792
- Lambert, Johann Heinrich 1728–1777
- Lambros, Spyridon 1851–1919
- Lamport, Leslie born 1941
- Lamprecht, Karl 1856–1915
- Lancali born 2002
- Lancaster, Burt 1913–1994
- Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo 1845–1929
- Land, Nick born 1962
- Landauer, Gustav 1870–1919
- Landon, Letitia Elizabeth 1802–1838
- Landor, Walter Savage 1775–1864
- Landsbergis, Vytautas born 1932
- Landy, Derek born 1974
- Lane-Poole, Stanley 1854–1931
- Lane, Edward William 1801–1876
- Lane, Rose Wilder 1886–1968
- Lanfranc 1005–1089
- Lang, Andrew 1844–1912
- Lang, Fritz 1890–1976
- Lange, Antoni 1862–1929
- Lange, Artie born 1967
- Lange, Christian Lous 1869–1938
- Lange, Dorothea 1895–1965
- Lange, Friedrich Albert 1828–1875
- Langer, Susanne K. 1895–1985
- Langland, William 1332–1386
- Langley, S. P. 1834–1906
- Langlois, Charles Victor 1863–1929
- Langstroth, L. L. 1810–1895
- Lanier, Jaron born 1960
- Lanier, Sidney 1842–1881
- Lankester, E. Ray, Sir 1847–1929
- Lansbury, Angela 1925–2022
- Lansdale, Joe R. born 1951
- Lansing, Robert 1864–1928
- Lanzi, Luigi 1732–1810
- Lanzmann, Claude 1925–2018
- Laodicea, Apollinaris of 310–390
- Laozi 579 BC–500 BC
- Lapid, Tommy 1931–2008
- Lapierre, Dominique 1931–2022
- Laplace, Pierre-Simon 1749–1827
- Larbaud, Valery 1881–1957
- Lardner, Dionysius 1793–1859
- Lardner, Ring 1885–1933
- Lark, Sophie born 1988
- Larkin, Philip 1922–1985
- Larousse, Pierre 1817–1875
- Larsen, Bent 1935–2010
- Larsen, Nella 1891–1964
- Larson, Erik born 1954
- Larson, Jonathan 1960–1996
- Larsson, Carl 1853–1919
- Larsson, Stieg 1954–2004
- Laskaris, Theodore II 1222–1258
- Lasker-Schüler, Else 1869–1945
- Lasker, Edward 1885–1981
- Laski, Harold J. 1893–1950
- Lasky, Kathryn born 1944
- Lassalle, Ferdinand 1825–1864
- Latham, John 1740–1837
- Latimer, Hugh 1485–1555
- Latini, Brunetto 1220–1294
- Latour, Bruno 1947–2022
- Latreille, Pierre André 1762–1833
- Laud, William 1573–1645
- Laudon, Kenneth C. 1944–2019
- Laughton, Charles 1899–1962
- Laumer, Keith 1925–1993
- Laurencin, Marie 1883–1956
- Laurens, Stephanie born 1943
- Laurie, Hugh born 1959
- Laurier, Wilfrid 1841–1919
- Lavater, Johann Caspar 1741–1801
- LaVey, Anton 1930–1997
- Lavisse, Ernest 1842–1922
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent 1743–1794
- Lawrence, D. H. 1885–1930
- Lawrence, Kim born 1938
- Lawrence, Mark born 1966
- Lawrence, Martin born 1965
- Lawrence, of the Resurrection, Brother 1614–1691
- Lawrence, T. E. 1888–1935
- Lawson, Henry 1867–1922
- Lawson, Nigel 1932–2023
- Lawson, Nigella born 1960
- Lawson, Robert 1892–1957
- Laxness, Halldór 1902–1998
- Layamon, active 1200 1200–1300
- Layard, Austen Henry 1817–1894
- Laymon, Richard 1947–2001
- Layton, Edith 1938–2009
- Lazarević, Laza 1851–1891
- Lazarus, Emma 1849–1887
- Le Bon, Gustave 1841–1931
- le Carré, John 1931–2020
- Le Clézio, J. M. G. born 1940
- Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan 1814–1873
- Le Gallienne, Eva 1899–1991
- Le Guin, Ursula K. 1929–2018
- Le Roy, Edouard 1870–1954
- Le Sage, Alain René 1668–1747
- Le Tellier, Hervé born 1957
- Le Verrier, Urbain 1811–1877
- Lea, Henry Charles 1825–1909
- Leacock, Stephen 1869–1944
- Leadbeater, C. W. 1854–1934
- Lean, David 1908–1991
- Lear, Edward 1812–1888
- Leary, Timothy 1920–1996
- Lebedev-Kumach, Vasily 1898–1949
- Leblanc, Georgette 1869–1941
- Leblanc, Maurice 1864–1941
- Lebowitz, Fran born 1950
- Lec, Stanisław Jerzy 1909–1966
- Lechter, Sharon born 1954
- Leckie, Ann born 1966
- Leckie, Robert 1920–2001
- Lecky, William Edward Hartpole 1838–1903
- Leclaire, Day born 1956
- Ledwidge, Michael born 1971
- Lee, Alan born 1947
- Lee, Bruce 1940–1973
- Lee, Gypsy Rose 1911–1970
- Lee, Harper 1926–2016
- Lee, Jim born 1964
- Lee, Min Jin born 1968
- Lee, Miranda 1945–2021
- Lee, Rita 1947–2023
- Lee, Sidney, Sir 1859–1926
- Lee, Stan 1922–2018
- Lee, Tanith 1947–2015
- Lee, Vernon 1856–1935
- Leech, John 1817–1864
- Legendre, Adrien-Marie 1752–1833
- Legge, James 1815–1897
- Legouvé, Ernest 1807–1903
- Leguizamo, John born 1964
- Lehane, Dennis born 1965
- Lehár, Franz 1870–1948
- Lehmann, Lilli 1848–1929
- Leiber, Fritz 1910–1992
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von 1646–1716
- Leichhardt, Ludwig 1813–1848
- Leigh, Janet 1927–2004
- Leigh, Lora born 1965
- Leigh, Mike born 1943
- Leigh, Roberta 1926–2014
- Leighton, Ralph born 1949
- Leinster, Murray 1896–1975
- Leiris, Michel 1901–1990
- Leiserson, Charles E. born 1953
- Leitner, G. W. 1840–1899
- Leland, Charles Godfrey 1824–1903
- Lelewel, Joachim 1786–1861
- Lelouch, Claude born 1937
- Lem, Stanisław 1921–2006
- Lemaître, Jules 1853–1914
- Lemaitre, Pierre born 1951
- Lenau, Nikolaus 1802–1850
- Lenclos, Ninon de 1620–1705
- Lenngren, Anna Maria 1754–1817
- Lennon, John 1940–1980
- Lennon, Julian born 1963
- Lennox, Charlotte 1730–1804
- Leno, Jay born 1950
- Lenski, Lois 1893–1974
- Lenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold 1751–1792
- Lenz, Siegfried 1926–2014
- Leo, Pope, III 750–816
- Leon, Donna born 1942
- Leonard, Elmore 1925–2013
- Leonardo, da Vinci 1452–1519
- Leone, Sergio 1929–1989
- Leonov, Alexei 1934–2019
- Leonov, Leonid 1899–1994
- Leonowens, Anna Harriette 1831–1915
- Leontiev, Konstantin 1831–1891
- Leopardi, Giacomo 1798–1837
- Leopold, Aldo 1887–1948
- Leprince de Beaumont, Jeanne-Marie 1711–1776
- Lepsius, Richard 1810–1884
- Lerangis, Peter born 1955
- Lérins, Vincent of 500–450
- Lermontov, Mikhail Iurevich 1814–1841
- Lerner, Alan Jay 1918–1986
- Lerner, Gerda 1920–2013
- Leroux, Gaston 1868–1927
- Leroy, Gilles born 1958
- LeRoy, Mervyn 1900–1987
- Lerroux, Alejandro 1864–1949
- Leskov, Nikolai 1831–1895
- Leśmian, Bolesław 1877–1937
- Lessing, Doris 1919–2013
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1729–1781
- Lethem, Jonathan born 1964
- Letterman, David born 1947
- Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Emil von 1870–1964
- Levenseller, Tricia born 1991
- Levertov, Denise 1923–1997
- Lévesque, René 1922–1987
- Lévi-Strauss, Claude 1908–2009
- Levi, Carlo 1902–1975
- Lévi, Éliphas 1810–1875
- Levi, Primo 1919–1987
- Levin, Ira 1929–2007
- Levinas, Emmanuel 1906–1995
- Levine, Gail Carson born 1947
- Levine, Philip 1928–2015
- Levithan, David born 1972
- Levitt, Steven born 1967
- Levstik, Fran 1831–1887
- Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien 1857–1939
- Levy, Amy 1861–1889
- Lévy, Bernard-Henri born 1948
- Levy, Gideon born 1953
- Levy, Marc born 1961
- Levy, Steven born 1951
- Lewes, George Henry 1817–1878
- Lewis, Beverly born 1949
- Lewis, C. S. 1898–1963
- Lewis, Carl born 1961
- Lewis, Julian 1946–2014
- Lewis, M. G. 1775–1818
- Lewis, Meriwether 1774–1809
- Lewis, Michael born 1960
- Lewis, Sinclair 1885–1951
- Lewis, Wyndham 1882–1957
- Lewty, Marjorie 1906–2002
- Lewycka, Marina 1946–2025
- Ley, Robert 1890–1945
- Leygues, Georges 1857–1933
- Li, Bai 701–762
- Li, Jet born 1963
- Liang, Ann born 2000
- Lianke, Yan born 1958
- Libanius 314–393
- Liberalis, Antoninus
- Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph 1742–1799
- Liddell Hart, Basil Henry, Sir 1895–1970
- Lie, Jonas 1833–1908
- Lieberman, Joe 1942–2024
- Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von 1803–1873
- Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich 1871–1919
- Liebknecht, Wilhelm 1826–1900
- Lifar, Serge 1905–1986
- Lifton, Robert Jay 1926–2025
- Ligabue, Luciano born 1960
- Lightfoot, Gordon 1938–2023
- Ligne, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of 1735–1814
- Ligotti, Thomas born 1953
- Liguori, Alphonsus 1696–1787
- Liiv, Juhan 1864–1913
- Likhachev, Dmitry 1906–1999
- Lilienthal, Otto 1848–1896
- Liliʻuokalani 1838–1917
- Lilly, William 1602–1681
- Lima, José Lezama 1910–1976
- Limbaugh, Rush 1951–2021
- Limonov, Eduard 1943–2020
- Lin, Grace born 1974
- Lincoln, Abraham 1809–1865
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow 1906–2001
- Lindbergh, Charles 1902–1974
- Linder, Max 1883–1925
- Lindgren, Astrid 1907–2002
- Lindgren, Henry Clay 1914–2005
- Lindgren, Torgny 1938–2017
- Lindley, John 1799–1865
- Lindo, Elvira born 1962
- Lindsay, David 1876–1945
- Lindsay, Jeff born 1952
- Lindsay, Norman 1879–1969
- Lindsay, Vachel 1879–1931
- Lindsey, Johanna 1952–2019
- Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony 1913–1966
- Lineker, Gary born 1960
- Ling, Ding 1904–1986
- Lings, Martin 1909–2005
- Link, Kelly born 1969
- Linna, Väinö 1920–1992
- Linnankoski, Johannes 1869–1913
- Linné, Carl von 1707–1778
- Linton, E. Lynn 1822–1898
- Linz, Alex D. born 1989
- Lionni, Leo 1910–1999
- Lippincott, Rachael born 1994
- Lippmann, Walter 1889–1974
- Lipset, Seymour Martin 1922–2006
- Lipsius, Justus 1547–1606
- Lipstadt, Deborah born 1947
- Lispector, Clarice 1920–1977
- Lissagaray 1838–1901
- List, Friedrich 1789–1846
- Lister, Anne 1791–1840
- Liston, Robert 1794–1847
- Liszt, Franz 1811–1886
- Lithgow, John born 1945
- Littell, Jonathan born 1967
- Little, Jean 1932–2020
- Littré, Émile 1801–1881
- Litvak, Anatole 1902–1974
- Litvinenko, Alexander 1962–2006
- Litwin, Eric born 1966
- Liu, Ken born 1976
- Liu, Simu born 1989
- Lively, Penelope born 1933
- Livingstone, David 1813–1873
- Livy 58 BC–17
- Liye, Tere born 1979
- Llach, Lluís born 1948
- Llosa, Mario Vargas 1936–2025
- Lloyd George, David 1863–1945
- Lloyd, Harold 1893–1971
- Llull, Ramon 1232–1316
- Lo-Johansson, Ivar 1901–1990
- Lobato, Monteiro 1882–1948
- Lobel, Arnold 1933–1987
- Locard, Edmond 1877–1966
- Locke, John 1632–1704
- Lockhart, E. born 1967
- Lockyer, Norman, Sir 1836–1920
- Lodge, David 1935–2025
- Lodge, Henry Cabot 1850–1924
- Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. 1902–1985
- Lodge, Oliver, Sir 1851–1940
- Lodge, Thomas 1558–1625
- Loeb, Jacques 1859–1924
- Loeb, Jeph born 1958
- Lofting, Hugh 1886–1947
- Logan, John Alexander 1826–1886
- Logan, Joshua 1908–1988
- Lom, Herbert 1917–2012
- Lomax, Alan 1915–2002
- Lomborg, Bjørn born 1965
- Lombroso, Cesare 1835–1909
- Lomonosov, Mikhail 1711–1765
- London, Jack 1876–1916
- Lonergan, Kenneth born 1962
- Long, Frank Belknap 1901–1994
- Long, Stephen H. 1784–1864
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 1807–1882
- Longinus, active 1st century 100–100
- Longstreet, James 1821–1904
- Longus 200–200
- Lönnrot, Elias 1802–1884
- Lonsdale, Michael 1931–2020
- Loomis, Andrew 1892–1959
- Loos, Adolf 1870–1933
- Loos, Anita 1889–1981
- López de Gómara, Francisco 1511–1564
- López y Planes, Vicente 1785–1856
- Lorca, Federico García 1898–1936
- Lorde, Audre 1934–1992
- Lorentz, H. A. 1853–1928
- Lorenz, Konrad 1903–1989
- Loriot 1923–2011
- Lortzing, Albert 1801–1851
- Losey, Joseph 1909–1984
- Loti, Pierre 1850–1923
- Lotsawa, Marpa 1012–1097
- Lotze, Hermann 1817–1881
- Loudon, Mrs. 1807–1858
- Louis, Édouard born 1992
- Louise, Princess of Belgium 1858–1924
- Louÿs, Pierre 1870–1925
- Lovecraft, H. P. 1890–1937
- Lovelace, Ada 1815–1852
- Lovelace, Richard 1617–1658
- Lovelock, Jack 1910–1949
- Lovelock, James 1919–2022
- Low, Juliette Gordon 1860–1927
- Lowell, A. Lawrence 1856–1943
- Lowell, Amy 1874–1925
- Lowell, James Russell 1819–1891
- Lowell, Percival 1855–1916
- Lowell, Robert 1917–1977
- Lowie, Robert Harry 1883–1957
- Lowndes, Marie Belloc 1868–1947
- Lowry, Lois born 1937
- Lowry, Malcolm 1909–1957
- Lu, Marie born 1984
- Lubbock, John, Sir 1834–1913
- Lubich, Chiara 1920–2008
- Lubitsch, Ernst 1892–1947
- Lucado, Max born 1955
- Lucan 39–65
- Lucas, George born 1944
- Luce, Clare Boothe 1903–1987
- Luce, Henry 1898–1967
- Lucian, of Samosata 120–180
- Lucilius, Gaius 179 BC–101 BC
- Luckner, Felix, Graf von 1881–1966
- Lucretius Carus, Titus 93 BC–54 BC
- Ludendorff, Erich 1865–1937
- Ludlum, Robert 1927–2001
- Ludwig Salvator, Archduke of Austria 1847–1915
- Ludwig, Emil 1881–1948
- Ludwig, Otto 1813–1865
- Lugones, Leopoldo 1874–1938
- Luís, Washington 1869–1957
- Lukács, György 1885–1971
- Lukyanenko, Sergei born 1968
- Lumley, Joanna born 1946
- Lunacharsky, Anatoly 1875–1933
- Lundkvist, Artur 1906–1991
- Luo, Guanzhong 1334–1400
- Lupton, Ellen born 1963
- Lurie, Alison 1926–2020
- Lustig, Arnošt 1926–2011
- Lustiger, Jean-Marie 1926–2007
- Luther, Martin 1483–1546
- Luxemburg, Rosa 1871–1919
- Luzzatti, Luigi 1841–1927
- Lyacos, Dimitris born 1966
- Lycophron 319 BC–279 BC
- Lydekker, Richard 1849–1915
- Lydgate, John 1370–1450
- Lyell, Charles, Sir 1797–1875
- Lyly, John 1554–1606
- Lynch, David 1946–2025
- Lynch, Jane born 1960
- Lynch, Scott born 1978
- Lyons, Mary born 1947
- Lyotard, Jean-François 1924–1998
- Lysias 444 BC–379 BC
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron 1803–1873
- Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of 1831–1891