L. Frank Baum
American author, playwright, poet, journalist, and creator of the Oz series.
87 works9 series
Author index
Authors beginning with L
L. J. Smith
American author of young-adult fantasy, horror, romance, and science fiction.
42 works9 series
L. M. Montgomery
Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and memoirist best known for Anne of Green Gables.
39 works4 series
L.J. Shen
L.J. Shen is a bestselling author of contemporary romance, new adult romance, and dark romance.
41 works7 series
Laini Taylor
American writer and artist best known for young adult fantasy, including the Daughter of Smoke & Bone and Strange the Dreamer series.
11 works3 series
Laird Barron
American author and poet known for horror, weird fiction, dark fantasy, and noir.
15 works1 series
Lan Medina
Filipino comic-book artist Rolando Medina, known professionally as Lan Medina.
17 works12 series
Lance Caselman
English manga adapter credited on Japanese graphic works published by VIZ Media.
8 works8 series
Lane Smith
American author-illustrator of children's picture books and middle-grade fiction, known for surreal humor, satire, and distinctive mixed-media artwork.
21 works1 series
Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu, also known as Laozi, is a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher traditionally credited with the foundational Daoist classic Daodejing.
1 works0 series
Larry Correia
Larry Correia is an American fantasy and science-fiction author best known for the Monster Hunter International, Grimnoir Chronicles, and Saga of the Forgotten Warrior series.
52 works12 series
Larry McMurtry
American novelist, essayist, memoirist, biographer, screenwriter, and bookseller (1936–2021), known for fiction about Texas, the American West, and changing American communities.
47 works6 series
Larry Niven
American science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Known Space and Ringworld works.
72 works14 series
László Krasznahorkai
Hungarian novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and artist-book collaborator known for expansive, apocalyptic prose and collaborations with filmmaker Béla Tarr.
25 works0 series
Laura Bates
English feminist writer, activist, journalist, and founder of the Everyday Sexism Project.
10 works1 series
Laura Dave
Laura Dave is a #1 New York Times bestselling American novelist known for relationship-centered fiction, family drama, and suspense.
8 works1 series
Laura Esquivel
Mexican novelist and essayist known for blending magical realism, food, history, and family memory; author of Like Water for Chocolate.
12 works1 series
Laura Hillenbrand
Laura Hillenbrand is an American nonfiction author best known for Seabiscuit: An American Legend and Unbroken.
3 works0 series
Laura Ingalls Wilder
American author best known for the autobiographical Little House novels about pioneer life in the nineteenth-century American Midwest and Great Plains.
18 works1 series
Laura Thalassa
Laura Thalassa is an American author of paranormal and fantasy romance, including dark fantasy, dystopian romance, and young adult fantasy.
25 works8 series
Laurell K. Hamilton
American fantasy, horror, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy author best known for the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter and Merry Gentry series.
60 works6 series
Lauren Beukes
South African novelist, nonfiction writer, comics writer, journalist, and screenwriter known for genre-bending speculative fiction.
12 works2 series
Lauren Fortgang
New York City-based actor, voiceover artist, and audiobook narrator who co-authored the cookbook Le Pigeon.
1 works0 series
Lauren Graham
American actor, writer, and producer best known for Gilmore Girls and Parenthood; author of four books.
4 works0 series
Lauren Groff
Lauren Groff is an American novelist and short-story writer, author of five novels and three short-story collections.
8 works0 series
Lauren Kate
American author of young adult fantasy and romance, middle-grade fiction, and adult romantic fiction.
17 works5 series
Lauren Myracle
American author of young adult, middle-grade, children's, graphic, and adult fiction.
45 works7 series
Lauren Oliver
American author and screenwriter known for young adult, children's, adult, speculative, and mystery fiction.
24 works5 series
Lauren Roberts
American author from Michigan known for young adult romantic fantasy and the Powerless series.
6 works1 series
Lauren Weisberger
American author best known for contemporary women's fiction, including The Devil Wears Prada.
8 works1 series
Laurie Gilmore
New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of small-town romance.
13 works2 series
Laurie Halse Anderson
American author of children’s literature, young adult fiction, historical fiction, memoir, and nonfiction.
41 works3 series
Lavie Tidhar
Lavie Tidhar is an Israeli-born writer of science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, crime, graphic fiction, and children's books.
45 works3 series
Lawrence Wright
American author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
22 works0 series
Lee Knox Ostertag
American cartoonist and writer known for graphic novels centered on magic, identity, and queer love.
14 works4 series
Lee Loughridge
American comic-book writer and colorist, known for the creator-owned series Standstill and MidState.
13 works2 series
Lee Mandelo
Lee Mandelo is a writer, scholar, and editor whose work focuses on queer, trans, and speculative fiction.
9 works0 series
Leigh Bardugo
Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy, young adult fiction, adult fiction, children's literature, graphic works, and short fiction.
20 works7 series
Lemony Snicket
Pseudonym of American author Daniel Handler, best known for the children's series A Series of Unfortunate Events.
35 works2 series
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, religious thinker, and social critic best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
75 works3 series
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky (1879–1940) was a Russian revolutionary, Marxist theorist, historian, memoirist, and co-leader of the October Revolution.
62 works3 series
Leonard J. Stanton
American scholar of Russian language, literature, and culture, known for studies of Russian religious thought and nineteenth-century Russian writers.
2 works1 series
Leonard Mlodinow
American theoretical physicist, mathematician, screenwriter, and author of popular science, memoir, and children's books.
13 works1 series
Leonard Peikoff
Canadian-American philosopher and leading interpreter of Ayn Rand's Objectivism.
11 works0 series
Lev Grossman
American novelist and journalist known for The Magicians trilogy, The Bright Sword, and fantasy for younger readers.
11 works3 series
Lewis Carroll
English writer, poet, mathematician, logician, photographer, and Anglican deacon, best known for the Alice books.
48 works4 series
Lewis Shiner
American novelist and short-story writer associated with cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, crime fiction, and literary fiction.
21 works0 series
Lexi Ryan
Lexi Ryan is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling American author of contemporary romance and romantic fantasy.
39 works14 series
Liane Moriarty
Liane Moriarty is an Australian novelist known for contemporary domestic fiction, psychological suspense, and middle-grade children's fiction.
14 works2 series
Libba Bray
American author of young adult fiction, including the Gemma Doyle trilogy, The Diviners series, and several standalone novels and anthologies.
33 works3 series
Lily King
American novelist and short-story writer known for literary fiction about relationships, family, desire, memory, and artistic life.
7 works0 series
Lincoln Child
Lincoln Child (1957–2021) was an American novelist and former book editor known for techno-thrillers, horror, and suspense. He wrote solo novels and coauthored numerous bestselling thrillers with Douglas Preston.
47 works7 series
Lindsay Buroker
American independent author of humorous fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, and romantic fantasy.
125 works20 series
Lindsay C. Gibson
American clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and bestselling nonfiction author specializing in emotional maturity, family relationships, and recovery from emotionally immature parenting.
8 works2 series
Lindsay Ellis
American author and video essayist known for the Noumena science-fiction series and the co-authored parody novel Awoken.
4 works1 series
Ling Ma
Chinese American novelist and short-story writer whose fiction combines literary, speculative, dystopian, and surreal elements.
2 works0 series
Lionel Shriver
American novelist and journalist known for psychologically incisive literary fiction, social satire, dystopian fiction, short stories, and essays.
19 works0 series
Lisa Genova
American novelist and neuroscientist known for empathetic fiction about neurological and psychiatric conditions.
7 works0 series
Lisa See
Lisa See is an American author known for historical fiction, mystery novels, memoir, and nonfiction exploring Chinese and Chinese American history, culture, and women's lives.
19 works2 series
Lisa Taddeo
American author and journalist known for literary nonfiction, fiction, and short stories.
3 works0 series
Lisa Unger
Lisa Unger is an American bestselling author of psychological thrillers, suspense novels, horror fiction, novellas, and short stories.
36 works4 series
Lisa Wingate
Lisa Wingate is an American novelist and co-author of the nonfiction book Before and After. She writes contemporary and historical fiction, often exploring family, memory, adoption, and overlooked histories.
31 works6 series
Liv Constantine
Liv Constantine is the shared pen name of sisters Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine, authors of psychological domestic thrillers.
16 works1 series
Liz Moore
American novelist and writer of fiction and creative nonfiction, known for The Unseen World, Long Bright River, and The God of the Woods.
5 works0 series
Liz Tomforde
Liz Tomforde is a contemporary romance author known for witty banter, found-family dynamics, healthy relationships, and sports romance.
8 works3 series
LJ Andrews
LJ Andrews is a USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of dark fantasy romance, known for Viking-, fae-, pirate-, and magic-infused worlds.
46 works10 series
Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007) was an American author best known for fantasy and children's literature, especially The Chronicles of Prydain, the Westmark trilogy, and the Vesper Holly adventures.
44 works3 series
Lois Lowry
American author of children's and young adult fiction, memoir, poetry, and picture books; two-time Newbery Medal winner.
46 works7 series
Lois McMaster Bujold
American science-fiction and fantasy author best known for the Vorkosigan Saga, the World of the Five Gods, and The Sharing Knife.
53 works5 series
Lori Gottlieb
American psychotherapist, journalist, and bestselling nonfiction author.
5 works0 series
Louis Sachar
American author of humorous children's, young adult, and adult fiction, best known for Holes and the Wayside School and Marvin Redpost series.
28 works3 series
Louisa May Alcott
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, memoirist, and playwright best known for Little Women.
45 works4 series
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and an award-winning American novelist, poet, short-story writer, memoirist, and children's author.
36 works3 series
Louise Penny
Canadian mystery novelist and former CBC journalist, best known for the Chief Inspector Gamache series.
24 works1 series
Lucia Graves
English writer, memoirist, novelist, and literary translator raised in Mallorca.
2 works0 series
Lucinda Berry
American USA Today bestselling author and former psychologist known for psychological thrillers focused on childhood trauma, family dynamics, and domestic suspense.
20 works2 series
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, rhetorician, essayist, letter writer, satirist, and tragedian, commonly known as Seneca the Younger.
23 works0 series
Lucy Foley
British novelist known for historical fiction and contemporary mystery thrillers.
8 works1 series
Lucy Score
Lucy Score is a #1 New York Times bestselling romance author known for humorous, steamy contemporary romances.
40 works9 series
Lulu Miller
American science journalist, author, and radio producer known for hybrid nonfiction and children's literature.
2 works0 series
Lydia Kang
American author and practicing internal-medicine physician writing young adult fiction, adult fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, popular nonfiction, and poetry.
13 works2 series
Lynette Noni
Australian #1 bestselling author of young adult fantasy and romance, known for The Prison Healer, The Medoran Chronicles, Whisper, and Wandering Wild.
14 works4 series
Lynn Painter
Lynn Painter is a bestselling American author of romantic comedies for teens and adults.
12 works2 series
Lynne Sharon Schwartz
American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, poet, memoirist, editor, and translator.
25 works0 series
Lyssa Kay Adams
American romance novelist and former journalist known for contemporary romance, sports romance, and the Bromance Book Club series.
9 works3 series