A. J. Liebling
American journalist who was closely associated with The New Yorker from 1935 until his death
Creator
Donna Leon
American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti
Alan Lightman
American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur
Elmore Leonard
American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
Abraham Lincoln
American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy
Giacomo Leopardi
Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist
Joseph Gluckstein Links
British author, art historian, and furrier who is principally known for his expertise and works on the Venetian painter Canaletto and for Venice for Pleasure, a travel guide to Venice, Italy.
Jill Lepore
American historian and journalist
Clarice Lispector
Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories
Doris Lessing
British-Zimbabwean novelist