List of authors by name: L
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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
- 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)
- Jeremy Larner (1937–2026, US, p/f/nf)
- 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)
- Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 1966, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf)
- Margaret Laurence (1926–1987, Canada, f)
- Teresa de Lauretis (1938–2026, Italy, nf)
- Ann Lauterbach (born 1942, US, p/nf)
- 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
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- 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)
- Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954–2023, Germany, f/nf/d)
- Łewond (Leontius, fl. late 8th c., Armenia, nf)
- Marina Lewycka (1946–2025, 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)