Toni Morrison
American novelist
20th-century american women writers
Donna Leon
American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti
Jill Lepore
American historian and journalist
Barbara Kingsolver
American novelist, essayist and poet
E. L. Konigsburg
American writer and illustrator of children’s books and young adult fiction
Madeleine L’Engle
American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time
Jhumpa Lahiri
American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian
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
Mary Karr
American poet, essayist and memoirist from East Texas