Malcolm Lowry
English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list.
Lucretius
Roman poet and philosopher
Barbara Kingsolver
American novelist, essayist and poet
Halldor Laxness
Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature
John le Carre
British-Irish author, best known for his espionage novels
Ursula K. Le Guin
American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series
Harper Lee
American novelist best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird
Laurie Lee
English poet, novelist and screenwriter, who was brought up in the small village of Slad in Gloucestershire
James Lees-Milne
English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer
Fritz Leiber
American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction