List of authors by name: L

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with L:

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

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

La

Jacques de la Faye (17th-century, France, nf)
Ilmar Laaban (1921–2000, Estonia, p/nf)
Abdellatif Laabi (born 1942, Morocco, p)
Louise Labé (c. 1524–1566, France, p)
Nicolae Labiș (1935–1956, Romania, p)
Pierre Labrie (born 1972, Canada, p)
Jacques Lacarrière (1925–2005, France, nf)
María Hortensia Lacau (1910–2006, Argentina, nf/p)
Kate Lace (born 1956, England, f), pseudonym of Catherine Jones
Robert Lacey (born 1944, England, nf)
Djanet Lachmet (born 1948, Algeria, f)
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)
Amir H. Ladan (born 1943, Iran/US, nf)
Tomislav Ladan (1932–2008, Yugoslavia/Croatia, nf/f)
László Ladányi (1907–1992, Hungary, f/nf)
Fred Ladd (1927–2021, US, d)
Mike Ladd (born 1959, Australia, p)
Duro Ladipo (1926–1978, Nigeria, d)
Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973, Trinidad/Canada, f)
Monique Laederach (1938–2004, Switzerland, p/f)
Laerte (born 1951, Brazil, nf), pseudonym of Laerte Coutinho
Ann-Helén Laestadius (born 1971, Sweden, nf/ch)
R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002, US, f/nf)
Jules Laforgue (1860–1887, Uruguay/France, p)
Enrique Lafourcade (1927–2019, Chile, f/nf)
Olof Lagercrantz (1911–2002, Sweden, p/f/nf)
Pär Lagerkvist (1891–1974, Sweden, p/d/f)
Selma Lagerlöf (1858–1940, Sweden, f/ch)
Nina Lagergren (1921–2019, Sweden, nf)
Marcelle Lagesse (1916–2011, Mauritius, f/d/nf)
Enrique Laguerre (1906–2005, Puerto Rico, f/nf/d)
Abimbola Lagunju (born 1960, Nigeria/Portugal, f/nf/p)
Tim LaHaye (1926–2016, US, f/nf)
Mohammed Aziz Lahbabi (1922–1993, Morocco, f/nf/p)
Amina Lahbabi-Peters (living, Morocco, nf)
Abdelrahim Lahbibi (born 1950, Morocco, f)
Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967, England/Italy, f/nf)
Leila Lahlou (living, Morocco, nf)
Ross Laidlaw (living, Scotland, f)
Jarkko Laine (1947–2006, Finland, p/f/d)
Sinikka Laine (born 1945, Finland, f/ch)
Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984, Argentina, f/nf)
Kojo Laing (1946–2017, Ghana, f/p)
Olivia Laing (born 1977, England, nf/f)
Sarah Laing (born 1973, N Zealand, f/ch)
Feri Lainšček (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
Elizabeth Laird (born 1943, N Zealand/England, ch)
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 Lakićević (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f)
Guy Francis Laking (1875–1919, England, nf)
Laila Lalami (born 1968, Morocco/US, f)
Ivan V. Lalić (1931–1996, Yugoslavia, p)
Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992, Montenegro/Yugoslavia, f)
Theo Lalleman (1946–2013, Netherlands, nf)
Lalon (1774–1890, India, nf/p), also Lalon Shah
Gadul Singh Lama (born 1939, India, f/p)
Philip Lamantia (1927–2005, US, p/nf)
Kendrick Lamar (born 1987, US, p)
Shoney Lamar (born 1982, US, p)
Peter Lamarque (born 1948, England, 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)
Dorothy Lamb (1887–1967, England, nf)
Harold Lamb (1892–1962, US, nf/d/f)
Sir James Lamb, 1st Baronet (1752–1824, England, p/nf), born James Burges
Charles Lambert (born 1953, England, f)
Joyce Lambert (1916–2005, England, nf)
David Lambkin (born 1947, England/S Africa, f)
Leónidas Lamborghini (1927–2009, Argentina, p)
Osvaldo Lamborghini (1940–1985, Argentina, p/f/d)
Koulsy Lamko (born 1959, Chad/Mexico, d/p/f)
George Lamming (1927–2022, Barbados, f/nf/p)
Hubert Lampo (1920–2006, Belgium, f/nf)
Wafaa Lamrani (born 1960, Morocco, p)
Beatrice Lamwaka (living, Uganda, f/p)
Jorge Lanata (born 1960, Argentina, nf/f)
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)
Felicity Landon (living, England, nf)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838, England/Gold Coast, p/f), pseudonym L.E.L.
Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864, f/nf/p)
Anne Landsman (born 1959, S Africa, f/nf)
Derek Landy (born 1974, Ireland, f)
Jane Lane (1905–1978, England, nf), pseudonym of Elaine Kidner Dakers
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 (born 1937, US, f)
Annabel Langbein (born 1958, N Zealand, nf)
Antoni Lange (1863–1929, Poland, f/nf)
Dagmar Lange (1914–1991, Sweden, f), pseudonym Maria Lang
Ernst Philipp Karl Lange (1913–1999, Germany, f), pseudonym Philipp Galen
Henrik Langeland (born 1972, Norway, f)
Katja Lange-Müller (born 1951, Germany, f/d)
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (1873–1932, S Africa, p)
Sissel Lange-Nielsen (1931–2023, Norway, nf)
Gertrude Langer (1908–1984, Austria/Australia, nf)
David Langford (born 1953, Wales/England, f)
Elisabeth Langgässer (1899–1950, Germany, p/f)
William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386, England, p)
Eve Langley (1904–1974, Australia, f/p)
Noel Langley (1911–1980, S Africa/US, d)
Tania Langley (1927–2010, England, f), pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong
Katherine Langrish (living, England, ch)
Jane Langton (1922–2018, US, ch/f)
Mary Lewis Langworthy (1872–1949, US, d)
Emilia Lanier (1569–1645, England, p), also spelled Aemilia Lanyer
Coral Lansbury (1929–1991, Australia, f/nf)
Alfred Lansing (1921–1975, US, nf)
Jennifer Lanthier (born 1964, Canada, ch/nf)
Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556, Hungary, p/nf)
Laureano Vallenilla Lanz (1870–1936, Venezuela, nf)
Lao She (老舍, 1899–1966, China, f/d)
Laozi (老子, 604 BCE-600 BCE, China, nf), commonly Lao Tzu
Sasha LaPointe (living, US, f/p)
Alda Lara (1930–1962, Angola, p)
Joaquín Gallegos Lara (1909–1947, Ecuador, f/p/nf)
Rebecca Hammond Lard (1772–1855, US, p)
Waciny Laredj (born 1954, Algeria, f/nf)
Justine Larbalestier (born 1967, Australia, f/ch)
Valery Larbaud (1881–1957, France, f/p)
Dionysius Lardner (1793–1859, Ireland/France, nf)
Waciny Laredj (born 1954, Algeria, f)
Árni Lárentíusson (1304 – post-1337, Iceland, 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)
Bruce Larkin (born 1957, US, ch/p)
Philip Larkin (1922–1985, England, p/f)
Viveca Lärn (born 1944, Sweden, ch/f)
Abdallah Laroui (born 1933, Morocco, nf/f)
Fouad Laroui (born 1958, Morocco/Netherlands, f/nf/p)
Michael de Larrabeiti (1934–2008, England, f)
Claudia Lars (1899–1974, El Salvador, p)
Alf Larsen (1885–1967, Norway, p/nf)
Britt Karin Larsen (born 1945, Norway, p/f)
Gunnar Larsen (1900–1958, Norway, f)
Terje Holtet Larsen (born 1963, Norway, f/nf)
Kirby Larson (born 1954, US, ch)
Trude Brænne Larssen (born 1967, Norway, f)
Guðrún Lárusdóttir (1880–1938, Iceland, nf/f)
Fray Íñigo Abbad y Lasierra (1745–1814, Spain/Puerto Rico, nf)
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)
Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766–1842, France, nf)
James Lasdun (born 1958, England, f/nf/p)
Jack Lasenby (1931–2019, N Zealand, ch)
Jennifer Lash (1938–1993, England, f/nf)
Nicholas Lash (1934–2020, England, nf)
Kathryn Lasky (born 1944, US, ch/f)
David Lassman (born 1963, England, nf)
Ignacio Lasso (1911–1943, Ecuador, p)
Kurd Lasswitz (1848–1910, Germany, f/nf)
Lasus of Hermione (6th c. BCE, Greece, p)
Miklós László (1903–1973, Hungary/US, d), born Nicholaus Leitner
Francis Lathom (1774–1832, England, f/d)
Dorothy P. Lathrop (1891–1980, US, ch)
George Parsons Lathrop (1851–1898, US, p/f/nf)
Yulia Latynina (born 1966, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf)
Evelyn Lau (劉綺芬, born 1971, Canada, p/f)
Heinrich Laube (1806–1884, Germany/Austria, d/f)
William Laud (1573–1645, England, nf)
Josef Lauff (1855–1933, Germany, p/d)
James Laughlin (1914–1997, US, p)
Keith Laumer (1925–1993, US, f)
March Laumer (1923–2000, US, f)
Ann Lauterbach (born 1942, US, p/nf)
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf)
Margaret Laurence (1926–1987, Canada, f)
Tato Laviera (1950–2013, Puerto Rico/US, p/d)
Caroline Lawrence (born 1954, England/US, ch)
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930, England, f/nf/p)
George Alfred Lawrence (1827–1876, England, f)
Janet Laurence (born 1937, England, nf/f), pseudonym Julia Lisle
Stephanie Laurens (born 1953, Australia, f)
Hugh Laurie (born 1959, England, d/f)
Comte de Lautréamont (1846–1870, Uruguay/France, p)
Dorianne Laux (born 1952, US, 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)
Pat Lawlor (1893–1979, N Zealand, nf)
Jeremy Lawrance (born 1952, Uganda/England, nf)
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)
Edward Michael Law-Yone (1911–1980, Burma/US, nf)
Wendy Law-Yone (born 1947, Burma/US, f/nf)
Auður Laxness (1918–2012, Iceland, nf)
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998, Iceland, f/p/nf)
Dagon Khin Khin Lay (1904–1981, Burma/Myanmar, f), birth name Khin Lay Latt
Camara Laye (1928–1980, Guinea, f)
Robert Lax (1915–2000, US, p)
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998, Iceland, f/p/nf)
Ervin Lázár (1936–2006, Hungary, ch/f)
Jelena Lazarević (1365/1366–1443, Serbia, nf)
Laza Lazarević (1851–1891, Serbia, nf/f)
Stefan Lazarević (c. 1377–1427, Serbia, p)
Simone Lazaroo (born 1961, Singapore/Australia, f)
Greg Lazarus (living, joint pseudonym, S Africa, f/nf), Greg Fried and Lisa Lazarus
Vladimir Lazović (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
Henryka Łazowertówna (1909–1942, Poland, p), Holocaust victim

Le–Lh

John le Carré (1931–2020, England, f), pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell
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 (born 1969, Australia, p/nf)
Edmund Leach (1910–1989, England, nf)
Penelope Leach (born 1937, England, nf)
Stephen Leacock (1869–1944, Canada, nf)
Etelka A. Leadlay (born 1947, England, nf)
Munro Leaf (1905–1976, US, ch)
Caroline Leakey (1827–1881, England, p/f)
Edmund Leamy (1848–1904, Ireland, ch)
Sarah Lean (living, England, 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)
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966, Poland, p/nf)
Joanna Lech (born 1984, Poland, p/f)
Jan Lechoń (1899–1956, Russian E/US, p/nf)
Day Leclaire (living, US, f)
Félix Leclerc (1914–1988, Canada, p/f/d)
Daphne Ledward (born 1945, England, nf/f)
Francis Ledwidge (1887–1917, Ireland, p)
Michael Ledwidge (living, US, f)
David Lee (born 1944, US, p)
Dennis Lee (born 1939, Canada, p/nf/ch)
Edward Edson Lee (1884–1944, US, ch), pseudonym Leo Edwards
Harper Lee (1926–2016, US, f)
Hermione Lee (born 1948, England, nf)
Ida Lee (1865–1943, Australia/England, nf/p)
John A. Lee (1891–1982, N Zealand, nf)
Laurie Lee (1914–1997, England, f/nf)
Miranda Lee (1945–2021, Australia, f)
Rawdon Briggs Lee (1845–1908, England, nf)
Sharon Lee (born 1952, US, f)
Sidney Lee (1859–1926, England, nf)
Stan Lee (1922–2018, 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)
Owen Leeming (born 1930, N Zealand, p/d)
Valentine Leeper (1900–2001, Australia, nf)
James Lees-Milne (1908–1997, England, nf/f)
Robert Leeson (1928–2013, England, f/d)
Mohamed Leftah (1946–2008, Morocco, f/nf)
Michele Leggott (born 1956, N Zealand, p)
Óláfr Leggsson (fl. 13th c., Iceland, p)
Dennis Lehane (born 1965, US, f)
David Lehman (born 1948, US, p/nf)
Geoffrey Lehmann (born 1940, Australia, p/ch)
Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976, Hungary, p/nf)
Fritz Leiber (1910–1992, US, f/p/d)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716, Germany, nf)
Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 – c. 1848, Germany/Australia, nf)
Gunnlaugr Leifsson (died 1218 or 1219, Iceland, nf/p)
Thorarinn Leifsson (born 1966, Iceland, ch/f/d)
Dorothy Leigh (died c. 1616, England, nf/p)
Julia Leigh (born 1970, Australia, f/d)
Richard Leigh (1650–1728, England, p/nf)
Laura Leiner (born 1985, Hungary, ch)
Eino Leino (1878–1926, Finland, p/nf)
Murray Leinster (1896–1975, US, f/d), pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins
Brad Leithauser (born 1953, US, p/f/nf)
Emilio Álvarez Lejarza (1884–1969, Nicaragua, nf)
Jónína Leósdóttir (born 1954, Iceland, f/d/nf)
Michel Leiris (1901–1990, France, f/p)
Anthony Lejeune (1928–2018, England, nf/f)
John Leland (1503–1552, England, p/nf)
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006, Poland, f/nf)
Steinar Lem (1951–2009, Norway, f/nf)
Elieshi Lema (born 1949, Tanzania, p/ch/f)
Vesna Lemaić (born 1981, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
Jean Lemaire de Belges (c. 1473 – c. 1525, Flanders, p/nf)
Pedro Lemebel (1952–2015, Chile, nf/f)
Paulo Leminski (1944–1989, Brazil, p/nf/f)
Alfred Lemm (1889–1918, Germany, nf)
Mark Lemon (1809–1870, England, nf/d/p)
Ahmed Lemsih (born 1950, Morocco, p)
Aïcha Lemsine (born 1942, Algeria, f/nf), pseudonym of Aïcha Laidi
Alexander Lenard (1910–1972, Hungary/Brazil, nf/p), born Sándor Lénárd
Nikolaus Lenau (1802–1850, Austria-Hungary, p), pseudonym of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau
Vicente Leñero (1933–2014, Mexico, f/d/nf)
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007, US, f/p/ch)
Jelena Lengold (born 1959, Serbia, p/f)
Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974, Hungary, d)
Sue Lenier (born 1957, England, p/d)
Lalitha Lenin (born 1946, India, p/f/nf)
Krystyna Lenkowska (born 1947, Poland, p)
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)
J. Michael Lennon (born 1942, US, nf)
Charlotte Lennox (c. 1730–1804, Gibraltar/England, f/d/p)
Lois Lenski (1893–1974, US, ch/nf)
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)
Adriano González León (1931–2008, Venezuela, f/p)
Donna Leon (born 1942, US/Switzerland, f/nf)
Magdalena León de Leal (born 1939, Colombia, nf)
Elmore Leonard (1925–2013, US, f/d)
John Leonard (born 1965, England/Australia, p/nf)
Tom Leonard (1944–2018, Scotland, p/nf/f)
Giorgi Leonidze (1899–1966, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
Leonid Leonov (1899–1994, Russia/USSR, f/d)
Giacomo Leopardi (1798–1837, Italy, nf/p)
Luna Leopold (1915–2006, US, nf)
Lois Gladys Leppard (1924–2008, US, ch/d)
Paul Leppin (1878–1945, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia, f)
Peter Lerangis (born 1955, US, ch)
Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841, Russian E, p/f/nf)
Ben Lerner (born 1979, US, p/f/nf)
Laurence Lerner (1925–2016, S Africa/England, nf/p/f)
Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897–1976, Austria, p/f/d)
Penny Lernoux (1940–1989, US, nf)
Etienne Leroux (1922–1989, S Africa, f)
Gaston Leroux (1868–1927, France, f/d)
Alain-René Lesage (1668–1747, France, f/d)
Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895, Russian E, f/d/nf)
Ann Leslie (born 1941, England, nf)
Bolesław Leśmian (1877–1937, Russian E/Poland, p)
Ľuba Lesná (born 1954, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf/f/d)
Orígenes Lessa (1903–1986, Brazil, f/nf)
Rika Lesser (born 1953, US, p)
Doris Lessing (1919–2013, S Rhodesia/England, f)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781, Germany, nf/d)
Dewi Lestari (born 1976, Indonesia, f/p)
Helen Lester (born 1936, US, ch/nf)
Julius Lester (1939–2018, US, ch/f/nf/p)
Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704, England, nf)
Mabel Lethbridge (1900–1968, 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)
Leucippus (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf)
Santeri Levas (1899–1987, Finland, nf), born Santeri Lehmann
Charles Lever (1806–1872, Ireland/Italy, f)
Lilian Leveridge (1879–1953, England/Canada, f/nf/p)
Oscar Levertin (1862–1906, Sweden, p/nf)
Denise Levertov (1923–1997, England/US, p/nf)
Henry Jean-Marie Levet (1874–1906, France, p/nf)
Robin Levett (1925–2008, Australia, nf/f)
Primo Levi (1919–1987, Italy, f/nf/p)
Thomas Levi (1825–1916, Wales, nf/ch)
Barbara Levick (1932–2023, England, nf)
Dana Levin (born 1965, US, p)
Gail Levin (born 1948, US, nf)
Tanya Levin (born 1971, Australia, nf)
Gail Carson Levine (born 1947, US, ch)
Philip Levine, 1928–2015, US, p)
Stacey Levine (living, US, f/nf)
Paul Levinson (born 1947, US, f/nf)
Larry Levis (1946–1996, US, p)
David Levithan (born 1972, US, ch)
Fran Levstik (1831–1887, Austrian E, f/nf)
Amy Levy (1861–1889, England, nf/p/f)
Andrea Levy (1956–2019, England, f)
D. A. Levy (1942–1968, US, p)
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)
Betsy Lewin (born 1937, US, ch/nf)
Ted Lewin (1935–2021, US, ch), born Theodore Peter Lewin
Oswald LeWinter (1931–2013, Austria/US, nf)
Alethea Lewis (1749–1827, England, f)
Alun Lewis (1915–1944, Wales, p)
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, N Ireland/England, f/nf)
D. B. Wyndham Lewis (1891–1969,
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)
Helen Lewis (born 1983, England, nf)
Henry Lewis (1889–1968, Wales, nf)
Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England, f/ch)
Hywel Lewis (1910–1992, Wales, nf)
J. Patrick Lewis (born 1942, US, p/ch)
J. S. Lewis (born 1972, US, ch)
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)
Roger Lewis (born 1960, 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)
D. B. Wyndham Lewis (1891–1969, England, nf)
Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957, Canada/England, f/nf)
Łewond (Leontius, fl. late 8th c., Armenia, nf)
Marina Lewycka (born 1946, Ukraine/England, f/nf)
Alice Chetwynd Ley (1913–2004, England, f)
John Leyden (1775–1811, Scotland/India, nf)
Nell Leyshon (living, England, f/d/nf)
Sophie Leyton (1928–2009, England), pseudonym of Sheila O'Nions Walsh
Justin Lhérisson (1872–1907, Haiti, f/nf/p)
François Tristan l'Hermite (c. 1601–1655, France, f/d)
Edward Lhuyd (1660–1709, Wales/England, nf)

Li

Li Ao (李翱, 772–841, China, nf)
Li Ao (李敖, 1935–2018, China, nf)
Li Bai (李白, 701762, China, p)
Li Baiyao (李百藥, 564–647, China, nf)
Li Baojia (李寶嘉, 1867–1906, China, nf/p)
Bella Li (born 1983, China/Australia, p)
C. C. Li (李寶嘉, 1912–2003, China/US, nf)
Li Chunfeng (李淳風, 602–670, China, nf)
Li Dashi (李大師, 570–628, China, nf)
Li Delin (李德林, c. 531 – c. 591, China, nf)
Li Fang (李昉, 925–996, China, nf)
Li He (李賀, c. 790–791 – c. 816–817, China, p)
Li Jiao (李嶠, died post-710 CE, China, nf)
Li Jing (李靖, 571–649, China, nf)
Li Kui (李悝, 455–395 BCE, China, nf)
Li Li (李笠, born 1961, China/Sweden, p)
Li Qingzhao (李清照, 1084 – c. 1155, China, p/nf)
Li Rui (李锐, born 1949, China, f)
Li Shangyin (李商隱, c. 813–858, China, p)
Li Shanlan (李善蘭, 1810–1882, China, nf)
Li Shicen (李石岑, 1892–1934, China, nf)
Li Shizhen (李時珍, 1518–1593, China, nf)
Li Shizhi (李適之, died 747, China, p/nf)
Li Ye (李治, died 784, China, p)
Li Yu (李煜, c. 937–978, China, p)
Li Yu (李漁, 1610–1680, China, d/f)
Li Zhenyu (厲振羽, living, China, nf)
Li Zhi (李贄, 1527–1602, China, nf)
Marita Liabø (born 1971, Norway, f/ch)
Liang Desheng (梁德繩, 1771–1847, China, f/p)
Liang Qichao (梁啓超, 1873–1929, China, nf)
Liang Shuming (梁漱溟, 1893–1988, China, nf)
Liao Yiwu (廖亦武, born 1958, China, nf/p)
Tim Liardet (born 1949, England, p)
Taddasa Liban (living, Ethiopia, f)
Laura Jean Libbey (1862–1924, US, f)
Héctor Libertella (1945–2006, Argentina, f/nf)
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)
Bernt Lie (1868–1916, Norway, f)
Jonas Lie (1833–1908, Norway, f/p/d)
Tove Lie (1942–2000, Norway, p)
Simcha Lieberman (1929–2009, Poland/England, nf)
Jerzy Liebert (1904–1931, Poland, p)
Karen Liebreich (born 1959, England, nf)
Eduardo Liendo (born 1941, Venezuela, f)
Heinz Liepmann (1905–1966, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
Amandina Lihamba (born 1944, Tanzania, d/ch)
Enrique Lihn (1929–1988, Chile, p/d/f)
Gabriel Liiceanu (born 1942, Romania, nf)
Juhan Liiv (1864–1913, Russian E, p/f)
Muthoni Likimani (born 1926, Kenya, f/nf)
Werewere Liking (born 1950, Cameroon/Ivory Coast, f/d)
Vladana Likar-Smiljanić (born 1943, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch/nf)
Tim Lilburn (born 1950, Canada, p/nf)
Detlev von Liliencron (1844–1909, Germany, p/f)
Irmelin Sandman Lilius (born 1936, Finland, ch/f/p)
Kate Lilley (born 1960, Australia, p)
Baldomero Lillo (1867–1923, Chile, nf)
Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944, Malaya/US, p/f/nf)
Aristides Fraga Lima (1923 – c. 1996, Brazil, ch)
Augusto de Lima (1859–1934, Brazil, p/nf)
Conceição Lima (born 1961, São Tomé and Príncipe, p)
José Lezama Lima (1910–1976, Cuba, p/f/nf)
Rossy Evelin Lima (born 1986, Mexico, p)
Eduard Limonov (1943–2020, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf)
Grace Lin (born 1974, US, ch)
Jeannie Lin (living, US, f)
Lin Haiyin (林海音, 1918–2001, China, f)
Lin Huiyin (林徽因, 1904–1955, China, p/nf/d)
Lin Shu (林紓, 1852–1924, China, nf)
Tao Lin (林韜, born 1983, US, f/p/nf)
Lin Yutang (林語堂, 1899–1976, China/Hong Kong, nf/f)
Lin Zongsu (林宗素, 1878–1944, China, nf)
Jüri Lina (born 1949, Estonia, nf/f/d)
Kurt Linck (1889 – post-1926, Germany, nf)
Lizzy Lind af Hageby (1878–1963, Sweden/England, nf)
Paul Lindau (1839–1919, Germany, d/f)
Sofie Aubert Lindbæk (1875–1853, Norway, f/nf)
Anne Lindbergh (1940–1993, US, ch)
Reeve Lindbergh (born 1945, US, nf/ch)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001, US, nf/p)
Unni Lindell (born 1957, Norway, f/p/ch)
Jack Lindeman (living, US, p)
Eddie Linden (1935–2023, 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)
Sarah Lindsay (born 1958, US, p)
Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931, US, p)
Hilde Lindset (born 1978, Norway, f)
Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019, US, f)
Eva Lindström (born 1952, Sweden, ch)
Fredrik Lindström (born 1963, Sweden, nf)
Merethe Lindstrøm (born 1963, Norway, f/ch)
Marian Lines (1933–2012, England, d/ch)
Ling Li (凌力, 1942–2018, China, f)
Ling Mengchu (凌濛初, 1580–1644, China, f)
Ling Shuhua (凌叔华, 1904–1990, China, f)
Freda Lingstrom (1893–1989, England, ch/f/nf)
Anton Tomaž Linhart (1756–1795, Habsburg E, d/nf)
Eric Linklater (1899–1974, Wales/Scotland, p/f/nf)
Art Linkletter (1912–2010, Canada/US, ch)
Väinö Linna (1920–1992, Finland, f)
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778, Sweden, nf)
Johannes Linnankoski (1869–1913, Finland, f)
Jonas Carl Linnerhielm (1758–1829, Sweden, nf)
Osman Lins (1924–1978, Brazil, f)
Paulo Lins (born 1958, Brazil, nf/f)
Mary Linskill (1840–1891, England, f/p)
Léa Linster (born 1955, Luxembourg, nf)
Charles de Lint (born 1951, Netherlands/Canada, f/p)
Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898, England, f/nf)
Leo Lionni (1910–1999, Italy/US, ch)
Ken Lipenga (born 1952, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/nf)
Elinor Lipman (born 1950, US, f/nf)
George Lippard (1822–1854, US, f/d/nf)
Laura Lippman (born 1959, US, f)
Ewa Lipska (born 1945, Poland/Austria, p)
Florjan Lipuš (born 1937, Austria, f/nf), pseudonym Boro Kostanek
Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985, Brazil, p/nf)
Irene Lisboa (1892–1958, Portugal, f/p/nf)
Gloria Lisé (born 1961, Argentina, f/nf)
Leconte de Lisle (1818–1894, France, p)
Clarice Lispector (1920–1977, USSR/Brazil, f)
Robert Lissauer (1917–2004, US, nf)
H. G. de Lisser (1878–1944, Jamaica, nf/f)
Anne Lister (1791–1840, England, nf)
S. E. Lister (born 1988, England, f)
Thomas Henry Lister (1800–1842, England, f/nf)
László Listi (died 1662, Hungary, p)
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)
June Margaret Litman (1926–1991, N Zealand, nf)
Jean Little (1932–2020, Canada, ch/nf)
Linda Little (born 1959, Canada, f)
Alison Littlewood (living, England, f)
Liu Bowen (劉伯溫, 1311–1375, China), pseudonym of Liu Ji (劉基)
Liu Cixin (刘慈欣, born 1963, China, f)
Liu E (劉鶚, 1857–1909, China, nf)
Eric Liu (劉柏川, born 1968, Taiwan/US, nf)
Liu Heng (刘恒, China, nf)
Liu Hui (劉徽, fl. 3rd c. CE, China, nf)
Liu Rushi (柳如是, 1618–1664, China, p)
Liu Tong (刘侗, c. 1593–1637, China, f/nf)
Liu Xiang (劉向, 77–6 BCE, China, nf/p)
Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波, 1955–2017, China, nf)
Liu Xie (劉勰, fl. 5th c. CE, China, nf)
Liu Xin (劉歆, 50 BCE – 23 CE, China, nf)
Liu Xinwu (劉心武, born 1942, China, f/ch)
Liu Xinglong (劉醒龍, born 1956, China, f/p)
Liu Ying (柳营, born 1974, China, f)
Liu Yong (柳永, 987–1053, China, p)
Liu Yuxi (劉禹錫, 772–842, China, p/nf)
Liu Zhenyun (刘震云, born 1958, China, f/d)
Liu Zhi (劉秩, fl. 8th c. CE, China, nf)
Liu Zhiji (劉知幾, 661–721, China, nf)
Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元, 773–819, China, nf/p)
Adam Lively (born 1961, England, f/nf)
Penelope Lively (born 1933, England, f/ch/nf)
Douglas Livingstone (1932–1996, Malaya/S Africa, p)
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi (1776–1827, Mexico, f/nf)

Lj–Lo

Draga Ljočić (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)
Richard Llewellyn (1906–1983, England, f), pseudonym of Richard Dafydd Vivian Llewellyn Lloyd
Numa Pompilio Llona (1932–2007, Ecuador, p/nf)
Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936, Peru, f/nf/ch)
Dorothy Jordan Lloyd (1889–1946, England, nf)
John Lloyd (born 1951, England, nf)
Julia Lloyd (1867–1955, England, nf)
John Lloyd-Jones (1885–1956, Wales/Ireland, nf/p)
William Watkiss Lloyd (1813–1893, England, nf)
Ramon Llull (c. 1232 – c. 1315/1316, Spain, nf/p)
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)
Richard Llwyd (1752–1835, Wales/England, p/nf)
Robin Llywelyn (born 1958, Wales, f)
Ali Lmrabet (born 1959, Morocco, nf)
Đorđe Lobačev (1909–2002, Serbia/Soviet Union, f)
Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948, Brazil, f/nf/ch)
Arnold Lobel (1933–1987, US, ch)
Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (1580–1622, Portugal, p/nf)
Józef Łobodowski (1909–1988, Poland, p/nf)
Joice NanKivell Loch (1887–1882, Australia, f/nf)
Liz Lochhead (born 1947, Scotland, p/d)
Attica Locke (born 1974, US, f/d)
Elsie Locke (1912–2001, N Zealand, nf/ch)
John Locke (1632–1704, England, nf)
Lilian Locke (1869–1950, Australia, nf/f)
Sumner Locke (1881–1917, Australia, f/d/p)
Terry Locke (born 1946, N Zealand, p/nf)
William John Locke (1863–1930, England, f/d)
Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895, England, nf/p)
Aké Loba (1927–2012, Ivory Coast/France, f)
Monteiro Lobato (1882–1948, Brazil, ch/f/nf)
Mira Lobe (1913–1995, Austria/E Germany, ch), born Hilde Mirjam Rosenthal
John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854, Scotland, nf/p)
Frances Louise Lockridge (1896–1963, US, f)
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)
Steinar Løding (born 1950, Norway, f)
Jón Örn Loðmfjörð (born 1983, Iceland, p)
John Lodwick (1916–1959, England, f/nf)
Erlend Loe (born 1969, Norway, f/nf/ch)
Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990, Netherlands, ch)
Erich Loest (1926–2013, Germany, f)
Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009, Switzerland, nf)
Capel Lofft (1751–1824, England/Italy, nf)
Hugh Lofting (1886–1947, England/US, ch)
Norah Lofts (1904–1983, England, f/nf)
John Logan (1748–1788, Scotland, nf/p)
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)
Lesley Lokko (born 1964, Scotland/Ghana, f/nf)
Rasmus Løland (1861–1907, Norway, nf/f/ch)
Iain Lom (c. 1624 – c. 1710, Scotland, p)
Amélia da Lomba (born 1961, Angola, nf)
Niko Lomouri (1852–1915, Russian E, p/f/ch)
Hilary London (1924–2022, 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)
Tania Long (1913–1998, Germany/Canada, nf)
William Stuart Long (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882, US, p)
Elizabeth Longford (1906–2002, England, nf)
Michael Longley (born 1939, N Ireland, p)
Abie Longstaff (living, Australia/England, ch)
Barry B. Longyear (born 1942, US, f)
Iain Lonie (1932–1988, England/N Zealand, p/nf)
Jean Lonie (1930–1997, N Zealand, p)
Judith Lonie (1935–1982, Australia/N Zealand, p)
Øystein Lønn (1936–2022, Norway, f)
Hermann Löns (1866–1914, Germany, f/p)
Frederick Lonsdale (1881–1954, England, d)
Henry Lonsdale (1816–1876, England, nf)
Roger Lonsdale (1934–2022, England, nf)
Sergio Loo (1982–2014, Mexico, 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)
Carlos Lopes (born 1960, Guinea-Bissau, nf)
Fernão Lopes (c. 1385 – post-1459, Portugal, nf)
Henri Lopes (1937–2023, Republic of the Congo, f/nf)
Manuel Lopes (1907–2005, Cape Verde/Portugal, f/p/nf)
Barry Lopez (1945–2020, US, nf/f)
Michelle Lora (born 1968, Ivory Coast, nf/ch)
E. C. R. Lorac (1894–1958, England, f)
Jakob Lorber (1800–1864, Austria, nf)
Federico García Lorca (1898–1936, Spain, p)
Gabrielle Lord (born 1946, Australia, f/nf)
Robert Lord (1945–1992, N Zealand, d)
Audre Lorde (1934–1992, US, nf)
Rudolf Lorenzen (1922–2013, Germany, f)
László L. Lőrincz (born 1939, Hungary, f)
F. G. Loring (1869–1951, England, nf/p/f)
Jean Lorrah (born 1940, 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)
Marguerite St. Leon Loud (1812-1889, US, p)
Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807–1858, England, f/nf)
John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843, Scotland/England, nf)
Peter Lourie (born 1952, US, nf/ch)
Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard (1938–2009, Republic of the Congo, p/nf)
Pierre Louÿs (1870–1925, Belgium/France, f/p)
Anna M. Louw (1913–2003, S Africa, f)
H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937, US, f)
Alexander Loveday (1888–1962, England, nf)
Cecilie Løveid (born 1951, Norway, f/p/ch)
Earl Lovelace (born 1935, Trinidad, f/d)
Richard Lovelace (1617–1657, England, p)
Henry Lovelich (fl. mid-15th c., England, p)
Rosalie Loveling (1834–1875, Belgium, p/f/nf)
Virginie Loveling (1836–1923, Belgium, p/f/ch)
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
Helen Lowe (born 1961, N Zealand, f)
Stephen Lowe (born 1947, England, d)
Amy Lowell (1874–1925, US, p)
James Russell Lowell (1819–1891, US, p/nf)
Elizabeth Lowell (born 1944, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Ann Maxwell
Maria White Lowell (1821–1853, US, p)
Robert Lowell (1917–1977, US, p)
Margaret Lowenfeld (1890–1973, England, nf)
Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel (1630–1703, Germany, nf)
Solomon Löwisohn (1788 or 1789–1821, Hungary, p/nf)
Paul B. Lowney (1917–2007, US, f/nf)
Brigid Lowry (born 1953, N Zealand, ch/p/f)
Henry Dawson Lowry (1869–1906, England, f/p)
Lois Lowry (born 1937, US, ch)
Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957, England, p/f)
Mina Loy (1882–1966, England/US, p/d/f)

Lu–Ly

Lü Bicheng (呂碧城, 1883–1943, China, nf/p)
Lu Guimeng (陸龜蒙, died 881 CE, China, p)
Lu Haodong (陸皓東, 1868–1895, China, nf)
Lu Ji (陸機, 261–303, China, p/nf)
Marie Lu (陸希未, born 1984, China/US, ch)
Min Lu (1954–2013, Burma/Myanmar, f/p/d)
Lu Tong (盧仝, 790–835, China, p)
Lu Xun (魯迅, 1881–1936, China, nf/p)
Lu You (陸游, 1125–1209, China, p)
Lu Zhi (盧摯, c. 1243–1315, China, p)
Bonnie Lubega (born 1929, Uganda, f/nf)
Percy Lubbock (1879–1965, England, nf)
Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1642–1702, Poland, p/d/nf)
Lubwa p'Chong (1946–1997, Uganda, d/p)
Christine De Luca (born 1947, Scotland, p/f)
Gherasim Luca (1913–1994, Romania/France, nf/p)
Lucan (39–65 CE, Roman E, p), full name Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
Tim Lucas (born 1956, US, nf/f)
Melissa Lucashenko (born 1967, Australia, f/nf/ch)
Rafael Arráiz Lucca (born 1959, Venezuela, nf/p)
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
Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933, England, p/nf)
Gaius Lucilius (died 103 BCE, Rome, p)
Lucilius Junior (fl. 1st c. CE, Roman E, p)
Lucretius (c. 99 – c. 55 BCE, Rome, p)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870, US, nf/f)
Edith Gyömrői Ludowyk (1896–1987, Hungary/England, p/nf)
Emil Ludwig (1881–1948, Germany/Switzerland, d/f)
Otto Ludwig (1813–1865, Germany, d/f/nf)
Lya Luft (1938–2021, Brazil, nf)
Kristina Lugn (1948–2020, Sweden, p/d)
Leopoldo Lugones (1874–1938, Argentina, p/f/nf)
Nina Lugovskaya (1918–1993, Russia/USSR, nf)
Tamara Lujak (born 1976, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
John Lukacs (1924–2019, Hungary/US, nf)
Luke the Evangelist (c. 1st c. CE, Roman E, nf)
Dragan Lukić (1928–2006, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch)
Svetlana Lukić (born 1958, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Tatjana Lukić (1959–2008, Yugoslavia/Australia, p)
Vladimir Lukov (born 1949, Bulgaria, p)
Stevan M. Luković (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)
Violeta Luna (born 1943, Ecuador, p/nf)
Duncan Lunan (born 1945, Scotland, nf/f)
Guðrún frá Lundi (1887–1975, Iceland, f/p)
Dan Lungu (born 1969, Romania, f/p/d)
Artur Lundkvist (1906–1991, Sweden, p/f/nf)
Janet Lunn (1928–2017, Canada, ch), born Janet Swoboda
Luo Binwang (駱賓王, c. 619 – c. 684, China, p)
Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中, c. 1330–1400 or c. 1280–1360, China, f)
Luo Luo (落落, born 1982, China, f)
Luo Yin (羅隱, c. 833–910, China, p)
Lüqiu Luwei (闾丘露薇, born 1969, China, nf)
Francisco Arízaga Luque (1900–1964, Ecuador, p/f/nf)
Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991, Venezuela, f)
Johanan Luria (late 15th – early 16th c., Germany/France, nf)
Emilio Lussu (1890–1975, Italy, nf)
Edgar Lustgarten (1907–1978, England, f)
Maria Kuncewiczowa (1834–1908, Duchy of Warsaw, p/f/nf)
Martin Luther (1483–1546, Germany, nf)
Henry Luttrell (c. 1765–1851, England, nf)
Elizabeth Lutyens (1874–1964, England, nf)
Deborah Lutz (born 1970, US, f)
John Lutz (1939–2021, US, f)
William Luvaas (born 1945, US, f)
Thomas Lux (1946–2017, US, p)
Mario Luzi (1914–2005, Italy, p)
John Lwanda (born 1949, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf/p)
Thakin Lwin (1914–1996, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
Andrew Lycett (born 1948, England, nf)
Lycurgus of Athens (c. 390–324 BCE, Greece, nf)
John Lydgate (c. 1370 – c. 1451, England, p)
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)
Arthur Lynch (1861–1934, Australia/Ireland, p/nf)
Benito Lynch (1885–1951, Argentina, f)
Karen Lynch (born 1967, Canada/US, f/ch)
Lisa Lynch (1979–2013, England, nf)
Patricia Lynch (c. 1894–1972, Ireland, f/ch)
Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949, Ireland/England, p/nf)
Sylvia Lynd (1888–1952, Ireland/England, p/nf/f), born Sylvia Dryhurst
Donald Lynden-Bell (1935–2018, England, nf)
Dennis Lynds (1924–2005, US, f), pseudonym Michael Collins
Gayle Lynds (born 1945, US, f)
David Lyndsay (c. 1490 – c. 1555, Scotland, p)
Sandford Lyne (1945–2007, US, p)
J. J. Lynx (c. 1900 – post-1965, Germany/England, nf)
Frances Lynn (living, England, f/nf)
Kenneth S. Lynn (1923–2001, US, 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)
Lysias (c. 445 – c. 380, Greece, nf)
Edith Joan Lyttleton (1873–1945, N Zealand, f), pseudonym G. B. Lancaster
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773, England, p/nf)
Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802–1883, England, f/nf)