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)