The authors, A to Z
Authors whose surname starts with L
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❦ Sorted by surname, the librarian's way — that's why H. P. Lovecraft lives here under L, not under H.
Oliver La Farge
1901–1963 · United States
Anthropologist novelist who listens closely, portraying Native American life with empathy, politics, and lyric restraint.
Madame de La Fayette
1634–1693 · France
Early psychological novel of honor desire and courtly surveillance.
Greye La Spina
1880–1969 · United States
Early weird-pulp chills; occult menace loose in respectable American rooms.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
1741–1803 · France
Letter wars of desire and power with surgical clarity and chilling wit.
Selma Lagerlöf
1858–1940 · Sweden
Kindness and wonder with backbone; landscape and conscience in luminous prose.
Stephen Langdon
1876–1937 · United States
Ancient Near Eastern texts in careful editions; myths hymns and law opened for modern readers.
Laozi
-604–-531 · China
Taoist wisdom on flow, humility, and timing; gentle strength in brief lines.
Nella Larsen
1891–1964 · United States – Denmark
Harlem Renaissance stylist probing passing, desire, and respectability with cool precision and quiet menace.
D. H. Lawrence
1885–1930 · United Kingdom
Sensual intelligence and psychological candor amid modern industry and constraint.
T. E. Lawrence
1888–1935 · United Kingdom
War and self scrutiny in exact prose; desert strategy, culture, and loyalty under strain.
Alfred Lawson
1869–1954 · United Kingdom – United States
Aviation boosterism, utopian schemes, and oddball social theory in plain talk.
Henry Lawson
1867–1922 · Australia
Bush ballads and stories with dry humor; work, drought, and mateship in clean lines.
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Madame de La Fayette
Early psychological novel of honor desire and courtly surveillance.
Sheridan Le Fanu
1814–1873 · Ireland
Quiet terror and mystery; slow chills, strong atmosphere, and elegant craft.
Maurice Leblanc
1864–1941 · France
Suave capers and clever twists led by a gentleman thief with wit, nerve, and style.
Murray Leinster
1896–1975
Leonardo da Vinci
1452–1519 · Italy
Notebooks of art and inquiry; observation turned into machines, anatomy, and vision.
Mikhail Lermontov
1814–1841 · Russia
Romantic intensity with clear psychology; duel era honor freedom and fate in lean vivid prose.
Gaston Leroux
1868–1927 · France
Gothic mystery engineering; theater masks and deduction in elegant suspense.
Sinclair Lewis
1885–1951 · United States
Satire of American ambition, salesmanship, and small town conformity with civic bite.
David Lindsay
1876–1945 · United Kingdom
Metaphysical adventure that tests will, vision, and the shape of meaning.
John Locke
1632–1704 · United Kingdom
Modern ideas on rights, consent, toleration, and knowledge in plain vigorous prose.
Hugh Lofting
1886–1947 · United Kingdom – United States
Gentle adventure that respects animals; bright invention, clear sentences, and steady moral weather.
Jack London
1876–1916 · United States
Survival, labor, and risk rendered in fast muscular prose that tests will and loyalty.
H. P. Lovecraft
1890–1934 · United States
Cosmic horror and a shared mythos that reshaped modern weird fiction and pop culture.
Martin Luther
1483–1546 · Germany
Reform in plain words; conscience, scripture, and power argued in public view.
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