# 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 (1939–2025, 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)