Alan Lightman
American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur
novelist
Clarice Lispector
Ukrainian-born Brazilian novelist and short story writer acclaimed internationally for her innovative novels and short stories
Hugh Lofting
English author trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children’s literature character of Doctor Dolittle
Jack London
American novelist, journalist and social activist
Phillip Lopate
American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction
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.
E. L. Konigsburg
American writer and illustrator of children’s books and young adult fiction
Milan Kundera
Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera’s Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979; he received his Czech citizenship in 2019. He “sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores”.Kundera’s best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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