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309 authors found starting with the letter "L". Click on any author to see their complete book list and reading order.

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L. Frank Baum

793 books

L. Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American writer renowned for his contributions to children's literature and fantasy. He is best known for creating th...

L. Ron Hubbard

152 books

L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) was an American writer renowned for his works in science fiction, fantasy, adventure, mystery, and western genres. However,...

L. Steele

77 books

L. Steele is a romance novelist known for her Arranged Marriage and Big Bad Billionaires series. Her stories often highlight strong, curvy women and p...

L.A. Banks

53 books

L.A. Banks was an American writer renowned for her Vampire Huntress series, which started in 2003 with the book Minion. She also created the Crimson M...

L.A. Dobbs

19 books

L.A. Dobbs is an author recognized for the Rockford Security series and the Sam Mason Mystery series. This pen name belongs to Leighann Dobbs. Before ...

L.A. Meyer

12 books

L.A. Meyer is an American author known for his young adult historical fiction, particularly the Bloody Jack Adventure series. He is also a painter and...

L.A. Witt

297 books

L.A. Witt is an American author renowned for her works in the Las Palmas Fencing Club series, the Hitman vs. Hitman series, the Wilde’s series, and th...

L.B. Hathaway

16 books

L.B. Hathaway is a British historian and author known for her historical fiction, particularly focused on the Tudor era. She is the creator of the Blo...

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

126 books

L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is an American author known for his contributions to science fiction and fantasy. He dedicated 20 years to political writing in Was...

L.J. Martin

70 books

L.J. Martin is an American writer known for his novels in the genres of western, thriller, mystery, and historical fiction, as well as non-fiction wor...

L.J. Ross

34 books

L.J. Ross is an English author known for her crime thriller and romantic suspense novels, particularly the DCI Ryan series. Born Louise, she grew up i...

L.J. Sellers

33 books

L.J. Sellers is an American writer known for her crime fiction, mystery, and thriller novels. Prior to her career as a novelist, she was an award-winn...

L.J. Shen

38 books

L.J. Shen is a bestselling author known for her romance and new adult novels, including the Sinners of Saint and All Saints High series. She has trave...

L.J. Smith

42 books

Lisa Jane Smith is an American author known for her works in horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and romance aimed at young adults. A recurring theme in her nove...

L.L. McKinney

14 books

L.L. McKinney is an American author renowned for her book A Blade So Black, the first installment in the Nightmare-Verse series. This series reimagine...

L.M. Lacee

30 books

L.M. Lacee is the writer behind the Daughter of Ethos series, the Dragon’s Gap series, and the Pride of Lion Edge series. Hailing from New Zealand, sh...

L.M. Montgomery

67 books

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) was a Canadian writer renowned for her contributions to children's literature, particularly the Anne of Green Gables ...

L.R. Wright

15 books

L.R. Wright was a Canadian author known for her contributions to the mystery genre, particularly the long-running Karl Alberg series. She also created...

L.T. Ryan

121 books

L.T. Ryan is an American author known for his mystery, suspense, and thriller novels. He is the creator of the Jack Noble series, which includes the N...

L.T. Vargus

42 books

L.T. Vargus, hailing from Michigan, is a unique constant co-author who collaborates with writing partner Tim McBain. The "L" stands for Lex, and toget...

LaVyrle Spencer

25 books

LaVyrle Spencer is an American romance novelist who began her writing career in her 30s. Inspired by Kathleen E. Woodwiss's The Flame and Flower, she ...

Lady Colin Campbell

11 books

Lady Colin Campbell is a British non-fiction author. Born Georgia Arianna Zaidie, known as "Georgie," she hails from a prominent Jamaican family. Her ...

Laila Lalami

11 books

Laila Lalami is an author known for her novel The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She als...

Laini Taylor

13 books

Laini Taylor is an American author known for her young adult fantasy novels, including the Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy. She obtained her Englis...

Lana Williams

70 books

Lana Williams is a historical romance novelist and a USA Today bestselling author. Her series include Falling for a Knight, Mayfair Literary League, R...

Lane Whitt

4 books

Lane Whitt is an American author known for her paranormal romance and reverse harem novels, where one woman is involved with multiple men. She is the ...

Lani Lynn Vale

148 books

Lani Lynn Vale is an American writer known for her contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels. She is the author of the Freebirds, Heroes of th...

Lara Adrian

72 books

Tina St. John is an American author known for her historical and paranormal romances, writing under her own name and as Lara Adrian for her paranormal...

Lara Prescott

3 books

Lara Prescott is an American author renowned for her instant bestseller, The Secrets We Kept, which has been translated into over thirty languages and...

Lara Williamson

4 books

Lara Williamson, who was born and studied in Northern Ireland, now resides in London, England. Her debut novel is A Boy Called Hope. Lara has contribu...

Laramie Briscoe

120 books

Laramie Briscoe is an American author known for her New Adult and contemporary romance novels. She is the creator of the Heaven Hill series, Laurel Sp...

Larissa Ione

51 books

Larissa Ione is an American author known for her contemporary and romance novels. She has written the Demonica and Lords of Deliverance series, as wel...

Larissa Reinhart

26 books

Larissa Reinhart is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, including the Cherry Tucker and Maizie Albright Star Detective series. She e...

Larry Bond

25 books

Larry Bond is an American writer of techno-thriller novels and a video game designer, recognized for his fast-paced action narratives. He served in th...

Larry Correia

73 books

Larry Correia is an American writer known for his urban fantasy and thriller novels. He is the author of the Monster Hunter, Grimnoir Chronicles, and ...

Larry E. Linder

19 books

Larry Linder, a lifelong book enthusiast, ventured into writing in late 2018. His journey began with a vivid dream in 2016 that inspired him to share ...

Larry McMurtry

84 books

Larry McMurtry was an American author and screenwriter known for his novels set in the West, whether in historical or contemporary contexts. He also w...

Larry Millett

26 books

Larry Millett is an American author known for his historical mystery novels and non-fiction works, as well as his journalism. He created the Shadwell ...

Larry Niven

134 books

Larry Niven is an American writer renowned for his hard science fiction, particularly the Ringworld series, which is set in the expansive Known Space ...

Lars Emmerich

27 books

Lars Emmerich is an American thriller author, renowned for his Sam Jameson book series, which started in 2014 with the publication of Devolution. Sinc...

Lars Kepler

9 books

Lars Kepler is the pseudonym of Swedish authors Alexander and Alexandra Ahndoril. They collaborate on Scandinavian crime fiction featuring Chief Inspe...

Laura Alden

53 books

Laura Alden is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, particularly the Beth Kennedy series. She also writes under the name Laurie Cass....

Laura Andersen

8 books

Laura Andersen is an American writer known for her historical fiction novels. She holds a B.A. in English and enjoys crafting stories set in the past,...

Laura Anne Gilman

79 books

Laura Anne Gilman is an American author known for her fantasy, horror, and mystery novels. She is the creator of the Retrievers and Paranormal Scene I...

Laura Bradford

56 books

Laura Bradford is an American author known for her mystery and romance novels. She is the writer behind the Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries (under th...

Laura Burton

33 books

Laura Burton is a British author known for her romance and fantasy novels. She is the creator of the Be My Fake Fiancé series, the Billionaires in the...

Laura Caldwell

15 books

Laura Caldwell (1967-2020) was an American writer known for her chick lit, mystery, and thriller novels. Prior to her writing career, Laura practiced ...

Laura Childs

54 books

Laura Childs is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, as well as thriller novels under the name Gerry Schmitt. Her cozy mysteries are ...

Laura Creedle

2 books

Laura Creedle is a YA novelist and also maintains a blog at her website, adhd-writer.com. She has ADHD, dyslexia, and identifies as neurodivergent. Wh...

Laura Dave

8 books

Laura Dave is an American author renowned for her book The Last Thing He Told Me, which is a #1 New York Times Bestseller and part of the Reese Wither...

Laura DiSilverio

15 books

Laura DiSilverio is an American author known for her cozy mystery, suspense, and young adult novels. She is the creator of the Charlie Swift, Mall Cop...

Laura E. Weymouth

6 books

Laura E. Weymouth is a Canadian author known for her YA fantasy novels. She was raised in the Niagara Region of Ontario and currently resides in the w...

Laura Frantz

18 books

Laura Frantz is an acclaimed author recognized for her historical novels. She has written the The Ballantyne Legacy series and several standalone work...

Laura Griffin

54 books

Laura Griffin is an American author known for her romantic suspense novels, primarily within her Tracers series. A natural writer, Laura dedicated muc...

Laura Hillenbrand

2 books

Laura Hillenbrand is an American non-fiction author known for her bestselling books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend and Unbroken: A World War II Story...

Laura Ingalls Wilder

78 books

Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) was an American author known for the Little House series, a collection of children's novels inspired by her experienc...

Laura Joh Rowland

27 books

Laura Joh Rowland is an American writer known for her historical fiction and mystery novels. She is the author of the Sano Ichiro series and the Secre...

Laura Kaye

45 books

Laura Kaye is an American author known for her contemporary and paranormal romance, as well as romantic suspense novels. She is the creator of the Har...

Laura Landon

48 books

Laura Landon is a writer of historical romance novels. After teaching high school for a decade, she decided to leave education to start her own ice cr...

Laura Levine

25 books

Laura Levine is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, particularly the Jaine Austen series. While she is relatively new to novel writi...

Laura Lippman

103 books

Laura Lippman is an American author known for her detective fiction. The daughter of a Baltimore Sun writer, she began her career as a reporter, which...

Laura Madeleine

4 books

Laura Madeleine is an English novelist specializing in historical fiction. Although she initially pursued acting and had a significant presence in the...

Laura McHugh

5 books

Laura McHugh is an American writer renowned for her novels The Weight of Blood, Arrowood, The Wolf Wants In, and What’s Done in Darkness. She received...

Laura Pavlov

48 books

Laura Pavlov is a contemporary romance novelist known for her Cottonwood Cove, Honey Mountain, and Willow Springs series. She is a USA Today bestselli...

Laura Pohl

4 books

Laura Pohl is a Brazilian author known for her young adult science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Last 8 series. Born in Germany, she grew ...

Laura Scott

120 books

Laura Scott is an American writer known for her Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense novels. She has authored the Lifeline Air Rescue series, the Called t...

Laura Taylor Namey

5 books

Laura Taylor Namey is a Cuban-American writer of young adult novels. Before she became a novelist, she was a teacher. She enjoys hanging out at local ...

Laura V. Hilton

29 books

Laura V. Hilton is an American author known for her contemporary romance novels centered around Amish themes. She is the creator of the Amish of Seymo...

Laura Van Den Berg

12 books

Laura van den Berg is an American writer who made her debut with a short story collection titled What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leav...

Laura Van Wormer

16 books

Laura Van Wormer is an American author renowned for her Alexandra Chronicles series, featuring anchorwoman Alexandria Waring. She also wrote the Sally...

Laura Wilson

12 books

Laura Wilson is an English novelist known for her crime thriller novels, particularly the DI Ted Stratton series. Born and raised in London, England, ...

Laura Wright

52 books

Laura Wright is a bestselling author known for her romantic fiction, with titles featured on USA Today and The New York Times bestseller lists. She co...

Lauraine Snelling

108 books

Lauraine Snelling is an American author known for her Christian fiction, historical fiction, and romance novels. She is the creator of several series,...

Laurann Dohner

75 books

Laurann Dohner is an American author known for her hot, steamy romance novels, though she enjoys crafting all kinds of stories. She is perhaps most re...

Laure Eve

6 books

Laure Eve is a French-British writer known for her young adult fantasy novels. She was raised in Cornwall, England, a place rich in myth and fantasy. ...

Laurelin Paige

80 books

Laurelin Paige is an American author known for her contemporary romance novels. She has achieved bestselling status on both the New York Times and USA...

Laurell K. Hamilton

68 books

Laurell K. Hamilton is an American author renowned for her Anita Blake series and the Merry Gentry series. Her writing spans various genres, including...

Lauren Asher

11 books

Lauren Asher is the author behind the Dirty Air series and the Dreamland Billionaires series. She has self-diagnosed herself with an overactive imagin...

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

46 books

Lauren Baratz-Logsted is an American author known for her women’s fiction, young adult novels, and children’s books. After graduating, she spent 11 ye...

Lauren Beukes

34 books

Lauren Beukes is an author from South Africa. In addition to her work as a novelist, she is a screenwriter, television writer, comic book writer, and ...

Lauren Blakely

168 books

Lauren Blakely is an American author known for her contemporary romance novels, including the Caught Up in Love and Seductive Nights series. Her stori...

Lauren Carr

35 books

Lauren Carr is an American author known for her mystery novels. She is the creator of the Mac Faraday, Joshua Thornton, and Lovers in Crime Mysteries ...

Lauren Conrad

9 books

Lauren Conrad is an American writer known for her young adult romance novels and non-fiction works. She has authored two series: L.A. Candy and Fame G...

Lauren Dane

100 books

Lauren Dane is an American author known for her romance, paranormal romance, erotic romance, and urban fantasy novels. She has created several series,...

Lauren DeStefano

19 books

Lauren DeStefano is an American writer known for her young adult dystopian and utopian fiction. She is the author of the Chemical Garden series and th...

Lauren Elliott

15 books

Lauren Elliott is a cozy mystery novelist known for her Beyond the Page Bookstore Mysteries series. Her love for reading began with Nancy Drew and exp...

Lauren Groff

22 books

Lauren Groff is an American writer known for her literary fiction. She was raised just a block from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York...

Lauren K. Denton

6 books

Lauren K. Denton is an American author based in Mobile, Alabama. She has written several novels, including The Hideaway, Glory Road, and The One You’r...

Lauren Kate

15 books

Lauren Kate is an American writer known for her young adult paranormal romance novels. She grew up in Dallas, Texas, and earned her Master’s degree in...

Lauren Layne

42 books

Lauren Layne is an American author known for her contemporary romance novels, particularly the Sex, Love & Stiletto series. She characterizes her writ...

Lauren Oliver

31 books

Lauren Oliver is an American author known for her young adult and children’s novels, including the Delirium series. She studied philosophy and literat...

Lauren Tarshis

63 books

Lauren Tarshis is an American author renowned for her I Survived series of children's books, which immerses readers in some of history's most exciting...

Lauren Weisberger

8 books

Lauren Weisberger is an American author known for her women’s fiction novels, including the Prada series, and she is a New York Times bestselling auth...

Lauren Wilkinson

2 books

Lauren Wilkinson is an American author who made her debut with the novel American Spy. The book received significant acclaim prior to its release and ...

Lauren Willig

31 books

Lauren Willig is an American author known for her historical romance novels, particularly the Pink Carnation series. She developed a fascination with ...

Laurence Shames

30 books

Laurence Shames is an American author known for his humorous mystery novels and non-fiction works. He is the creator of the Key West Mysteries series....

Laurent Binet

5 books

Laurent Binet is a French author known for his historical fiction novels and serves as a university lecturer. Born in Paris, France, he is the son of ...

Laurie Cass

1 book

Laurie Cass is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, particularly the Beth Kennedy and the Bookmobile Cat Mysteries series. Growing up...

Laurie Frankel

5 books

Laurie Frankel is an American author who debuted in 2010 with her first novel, The Atlas of Love. She published her second novel, Goodbye for Now, in ...

Laurie Friedman

178 books

Laurie B. Friedman is an American author known for her children's books and young adult novels, including the Mallory McDonald series and The Mostly M...

Laurie Halse Anderson

43 books

Laurie Halse Anderson is an American author known for her young adult, children’s, and historical fiction novels. She is the creator of the Vet Volunt...

Laurie R. King

56 books

Laurie R. King is an American author known for her detective fiction. She has two main series: one featuring Mary Russell, who is an apprentice and pa...

Laurien Berenson

48 books

Laurien Berenson is an American author known for her mystery novels, psychological thrillers, romance stories, and young adult fiction. She is the cre...

Lawrence Block

356 books

Lawrence Block is an American crime fiction novelist known for his prolific writing. He is particularly recognized for his series featuring private in...

Lawrence De Maria

30 books

Lawrence De Maria is a thriller novelist known for the Alton Rhode Mysteries series, the Cole Sudden CIA Thrillers series, and the Jake Scarne Thrille...

Lawrence Hill

11 books

Lawrence Hill is a Canadian author known for both fiction and non-fiction, as well as for his work as a journalist. His writing often explores identit...

Lawrence Kelter

42 books

Lawrence Kelter is an American mystery novelist known for the Stephanie Chalice series. A native New Yorker from Brooklyn, he frequently sets his stor...

Lawrence Sanders

43 books

Lawrence Sanders (1920-1998) was an American writer known for his crime fiction and mystery novels. He began his career as an editorial writer for a m...

Lawrence Wright

21 books

Lawrence Wright is an American writer known for both thriller novels and non-fiction works. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a screenwriter, and...

Layla Reyne

38 books

Layla Reyne is an author based in San Francisco, California, known for her “adrenaline filled romance” novels. She has created the popular series Agen...

Layne Fargo

3 books

Layne Fargo is an American writer renowned for her gripping thriller novels, Temper and They Never Learn. With a background in theater from the Chicag...

Layton Green

19 books

Layton Green is a novelist known for his mystery, suspense, and thriller works, including the Dominic Grey series. He attended law school in New Orlea...

Lea Wait

32 books

Lea Wait (1946-2019) was an American author known for her historical fiction and mystery novels aimed at both adults and children. She created the Ant...

Leah Franqui

3 books

Leah Franqui is an American author known for her literary fiction novels and proudly considers Philadelphia her hometown. She earned her degree in The...

Leah Giarratano

7 books

Leah Giarratano is an Australian author known for her crime thriller novels, particularly the Detective Jill Jackson series. As a clinical psychologis...

Leah Thomas

6 books

Leah Thomas is an American writer recognized for her book, Because You’ll Never Meet Me, which was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award...

Leah Weiss

3 books

Leah Weiss is an American author known for her Southern fiction novels. Raised in Virginia, she graduated from Dunbarton College in Washington, D.C. w...

Leann Sweeney

17 books

Leann Sweeney is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, including the Yellow Rose Mysteries and Cats in Trouble Mysteries. She was rais...

Lee Child

302 books

British author Lee Child, whose real name is Jim Grant, is renowned for his series of novels centred around Jack Reacher. He began his writing career ...

Lee Goldberg

101 books

Lee Goldberg is an American writer known for his crime fiction and television tie-ins. He has contributed to various television adaptations of novels,...

Lee Hollis

42 books

Lee Hollis is the pseudonym for a brother-sister writing duo. Rick Copp lives in Palm Springs, California, and is an experienced writer and producer i...

Lee Smith

46 books

Lee Smith is an American writer known for her Southern gothic fiction. While residing in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, she began...

Lee Strauss

82 books

Lee Strauss is an American writer known for her cozy mysteries. She has authored the A Nursery Rhyme Suspense series, the Higgins & Hawke Mystery seri...

Lee Weeks

13 books

Lee Weeks is an English author known for her crime thriller novels, including the Detective Johnny Mann and D.C. Ebony Willis series. Originally from ...

Leia Stone

66 books

Leia Stone is an author known for her urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She is the creator of the Matefinder, Wolf Girl, Fallen Academy, Ki...

Leif G.W. Persson

8 books

Leif G.W. Persson is a Swedish crime fiction author known for the Story of a Crime and Evert Backstrom series. In addition to his writing, he is a pro...

Leigh Bardugo

37 books

Leigh Bardugo is an American author known for her young adult fantasy novels, including the Grisha series. She is a bestselling author on both the New...

Leigh Hearon

4 books

Leigh Hearon is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, particularly the Carson Stables Mysteries series. She was raised in Camas, Washi...

Leigh Russell

37 books

Leigh Russell is an English crime fiction novelist known for her Geraldine Steel and D.S. Ian Peterson series. She obtained her Master’s degree in Eng...

Leighann Dobbs

172 books

Leighann Dobbs is an American author known for her cozy mystery and romance novels. She is the creator of the Lexy Baker Bakery Mysteries and the Blac...

Leighton Gage

7 books

Leighton Gage is an American novelist who has resided in Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Argentina before ultimately settling in Brazil. H...

Leisha Kelly

11 books

Leisha Kelly was an American author of historical fiction, renowned for her works in The Wortham Family series and the Country Road Chronicles series....

Lemony Snicket

16 books

Lemony Snicket is the pseudonym of American author Daniel Handler, who also serves as a character and narrator in the novels. He is most recognized fo...

Len Deighton

73 books

Len Deighton is an English writer renowned for his spy novels and cookbooks. He is most famous for his Harry Palmer series, particularly The Ipcress F...

Lena Diaz

36 books

Lena Diaz is an American author known for her romantic suspense novels. She has written several series, including Deadly Games, Exit Inc., and Marshla...

Lena Gregory

21 books

Lena Gregory is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels. She is the creator of the Bay Island Psychic Mysteries and the All-Day Breakfast...

Lena Hendrix

20 books

Lena Hendrix is a contemporary romance novelist who grew up immersed in Harlequin romances during her teenage years. Now, she crafts steamy and intens...

Lene Kaaberbol

22 books

Lene Kaaberbol is a Danish writer known for her children's and young adult fantasy novels, as well as crime fiction for adults. She is the author of t...

Lenora Bell

11 books

Lenora Bell is a bestselling author known for her numerous books published by Avon Books. Among her popular works is the School for Dukes series, alon...

Lenora Worth

202 books

Lenora Worth is an American author known for her Christian-themed women’s fiction and romance novels. She has published 45 books through three differe...

Leo J. Maloney

18 books

Leo J. Maloney is an American author known for his action thriller novels. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he graduated from Northeastern University...

Leo Tolstoy

84 books

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a renowned Russian writer, celebrated primarily for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina. His literary contrib...

Leon Uris

17 books

Leon Uris (1924-2003) was an American author known for his historical fiction. His most famous works include Exodus and Trinity. After serving in the ...

Leonard Goldberg

26 books

Leonard Goldberg is an author renowned for his Joanna Blalock series of medical thrillers and the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes series, which commenced ...

Leonardo Padura

12 books

Leonardo Padura is a Cuban novelist and journalist renowned for his Mario Conde detective novel series. In 2012, he received the National Prize for Li...

Les Dawson

22 books

Les Dawson (1934-1993) was a British comedian and author of both fiction and non-fiction. He was recognized for his deadpan humor and his jabs at his ...

Les Roberts

58 books

Les Roberts is an American mystery novelist. Prior to his career in fiction, he spent 24 years in Hollywood, where he wrote and produced over 2,500 ha...

Lesley Cookman

40 books

Lesley Cookman is a British author known for her mystery novels, particularly the Libby Sarjeant detective fiction series. She has been writing since ...

Lesley Horton

5 books

Lesley Horton (1939-2018) was an English crime fiction author known for her DI Handford series. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a teacher an...

Lesley Pearse

34 books

Lesley Pearse is a British author known for her women’s fiction novels. Tragically, Lesley lost her mother when she was just three years old, while he...

Lesley Thomson

14 books

Lesley Thomson is a British novelist renowned for her Detective’s Daughter series. She began her writing career in 1987 with the publication of Seven ...

Leslie Charteris

73 books

Leslie Charteris (1907-1993) was a British writer known for his crime thrillers and adventure novels, most notably for creating The Saint series featu...

Leslie Esdaile

16 books

Leslie Esdaile, an American author known by the names L.A. Banks, Leslie Banks, and Leslie Esdaile Banks, wrote across various genres, including roman...

Leslie Glass

15 books

Leslie Glass is an American author known for her crime fiction and suspense novels, particularly the April Woo series. In addition to her work as a no...

Leslie Gould

54 books

Leslie Gould is an American author known for her Christian and Amish fiction. She is the writer behind the Women of Lancaster County and the Cousins o...

Leslie Jamison

11 books

Leslie Jamison is an American author and educator, best known for her books The Gin Closet and The Recovering. In addition to her writing, she teaches...

Leslie Karst

11 books

Leslie Karst is an American author known for her cozy murder mysteries. Her parents instilled in her the importance of careful analysis from a young a...

Leslie Langtry

77 books

Leslie Langtry is a bestselling author known for her cozy mysteries, particularly in the cozy comedy genre. She has created several series, including ...

Leslie Meier

47 books

Leslie Meier is an American writer known for her cozy mystery novels. Initially aspiring to teach high school English, Leslie's path changed when she ...

Leslie Thomas

38 books

Leslie Thomas was a Welsh author renowned for the Dangerous Davies and Virgin Soldiers series. He was born in Wales but tragically lost both parents b...

Leslie Wolfe

29 books

Leslie Wolfe is an American writer known for her crime thriller novels. She developed a love for reading early on, thanks to her mother's encouragemen...

Lester Dent

80 books

Lester Dent (1904-1959) was an American pulp fiction author, renowned for his work on the Doc Savage series under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. Initi...

Lev A.C. Rosen

14 books

Lev A.C. Rosen is an American author known for writing books for adults, middle graders, and young adults, and he is also recognized as L.C. Rosen. He...

Lev Grossman

25 books

Lev Grossman is an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels, particularly the Magician Trilogy. Born in Massachusetts to Engli...

Lewis B. Patten

114 books

Lewis B. Patten (1915-1981) was an American writer known for his western novels. He also published under the names Lewis Ford, Joseph Wayne, and Lee L...

Lewis Carroll

37 books

Lewis Carroll is the pseudonym of English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898). He is primarily recognized for his novel Alice’s Adventures in ...

Lexi Blake

119 books

Lexi Blake is an American author known for her erotic and paranormal romance novels. Her writing journey began early, focusing on plays and journalism...

Lexi Ryan

39 books

Lexi Ryan is a bestselling author recognized for her action-filled YA fantasy and contemporary romance novels. She has written the Orchid Valley serie...

Lian Tanner

11 books

Lian Tanner is an Australian author known for her children's novels. Her life experiences include being dynamited while scuba diving, getting arrested...

Liane Moriarty

12 books

Liane Moriarty is an Australian author known for her women’s fiction and children’s novels. She initially worked in advertising and marketing before t...

Liara Tamani

5 books

Liara Tamani is a young adult novelist who earned her BA from Duke University and an MFA in writing from Vermont College. Before becoming a novelist, ...

Libba Bray

25 books

Libba Bray is an American author known for her works, including The Diviners series and the Gemma Doyle trilogy. She began her writing career penning ...

Libby Fischer Hellmann

62 books

Libby Fischer Hellmann is an American author renowned for her crime novels, particularly the Ellie Foreman Mysteries series and the Georgia Davis Myst...

Libby Klein

10 books

Libby Klein is an American writer recognized for her Poppy McAllister Mystery series, which starts with Class Reunions Are Murder. She resides in Nort...

Lili St. Germain

22 books

Lili St. Germain adores her handsome husband and lovely daughter, along with Tarantino films, great coffee, and spending countless hours on Pinterest....

Lili Wright

2 books

Lili Wright is an American author who spent a decade working as a journalist in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Utah, and Mexico. Her writing has b...

Lilian Jackson Braun

36 books

Lilian Jackson Braun (1913-2011) was an American writer known for her cozy mystery novels. Her notable series, The Cat Who (also known as the Jim Qwil...

Liliana Hart

91 books

Liliana Hart is an American author known for her romance (including erotic and romantic suspense) and mystery novels. She is the creator of the MacKen...

Lilith Saintcrow

93 books

Lilith Saintcrow is an American author known for her urban fantasy, historical fantasy, and paranormal romance novels. She also writes young adult fic...

Lillian Lark

12 books

Lillian Lark is an American writer known for her paranormal romance novels, particularly the Monstrous Matches series. Hailing from Utah, she is an av...

Lilly Mirren

63 books

Lilly Mirren is an Australian author renowned for her Emerald Cove series. From a young age, she aspired to be a writer and ultimately achieved that d...

Lily Harper Hart

156 books

Lily Harper Hart is an author known for her paranormal cozy mysteries and romantic suspense novels. She is the creator of several series, including Ha...

Lily King

8 books

Lily King is an acclaimed author recognized for her works Euphoria and Writers & Lovers. She received the Kirkus Award and The New England Book Award ...

Lin Anderson

27 books

Lin Anderson is a Scottish author and screenwriter renowned for her Rhona MacLeod series, which features forensic scientist crime novels. With a fathe...

Lin Carter

122 books

Lin Carter was an author of science fiction and fantasy, known for his contributions to the sword-and-sorcery and sword-and-planet genres, including s...

Lincoln Child

21 books

Lincoln Child is an American author known for his collaboration with Douglas Preston. Together, they have penned numerous techno-thriller and horror n...

Lincoln Peirce

76 books

Lincoln Peirce (pronounced “purse”) is an American cartoonist recognized for his Big Nate comic strips. He began his cartooning career while attending...

Linda Barnes

22 books

Linda Barnes is an American author known for her mystery novels, including the Carlotta Carlyle and Michael Spraggue series. She was raised in Detroit...

Linda Broday

39 books

Linda Broday is an American author known for her historical and western romance novels. Raised in a small New Mexico town, she developed a passion for...

Linda Byler

51 books

Linda Byler is an American author specializing in Amish fiction. She is known for her works such as Buggy Spoke, Lizzie Searches for Love, Sadie’s Mon...

Linda Castillo

55 books

Linda Castillo is an American writer known for her crime thrillers, romantic suspense, and other romance novels. Her latest series features Kate Burkh...

Linda Evans

78 books

Linda Evans is an American writer known for her science fiction and fantasy novels. She has collaborated with authors David Weber, John Ringo, and Rob...

Linda Fairstein

36 books

Linda Fairstein is an American writer known for her crime fiction and police procedural novels. Prior to her writing career, she served as the head of...

Linda Hall

26 books

Linda Hall is an American-Canadian author known for her Christian fiction, mystery, and suspense novels. Growing up in New Jersey sparked her fascinat...

Linda Howard

70 books

Linda Howard is an American author known for her romantic suspense novels. Her inspiration to write came from reading Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With Th...

Linda Ladd

34 books

Linda Ladd is an American author known for her romance and suspense novels, particularly the Claire Morgan series. In addition to her writing, she adm...

Linda Lael Miller

148 books

Linda Lael Miller is an American romance novelist known for her works in various subgenres, including historical, contemporary, paranormal, and romant...

Linda Lay Shuler

3 books

Linda Lay Shuler (1910-2011) was an American writer known for her historical romance novels. Her primary profession was as a writer for television and...

Linda Nichols

5 books

Linda Nichols is an American author renowned for her Second Chances Collection series. The series started in 2002 with the publication of Not A Sparro...

Linda O. Johnston

95 books

Linda O. Johnston is an American author known for her mystery and romance novels, often featuring dogs as a recurring theme. In addition to her writin...

Linda P. Kozar

29 books

Linda P. Kozar is an American author known for her Christian-themed cozy mysteries, women's fiction, romance novels, and non-fiction works. She brings...

Lindsay Ashford

17 books

Lindsay Jayne Ashford is an English author known for her crime fiction novels, particularly the Megan Rhys series. She was raised in Wolverhampton and...

Lindsay Buroker

155 books

Lindsay Buroker is an independent fantasy author renowned for her Emperor’s Edge series. After spending much of her life in the Seattle area, she now ...

Lindsay McKenna

59 books

Lindsay McKenna is an American author known for her romantic suspense novels. She is the creator of several series, including Wyoming, Morgan’s Mercen...

Lindsay Ribar

4 books

Lindsay Ribar is an American author known for her young adult novels. By day, she works in publishing and writes at night. She attends numerous concer...

Lindsey Davis

45 books

Lindsey Davis is an English author known for her historical mystery novels, particularly the Marcus Didius Falco series and its spin-offs. She earned ...

Lindsey Hutchinson

18 books

Lindsey Hutchinson is an English author known for her family saga novels, particularly the Black Country series. Raised in the West Midlands, she is t...

Lindsey Kelk

27 books

Lindsey Kelk is an English author known for her chick lit novels and her role as a children's book editor. She started her I Heart series after return...

Linwood Barclay

37 books

Linwood Barclay is a Canadian author originally from the U.S., who has gained recognition for his remarkable standalone novels. He began his writing c...

Lis Wiehl

20 books

Lis Wiehl is an American author known for her mystery novels and non-fiction works. She is the creator of the Triple Threat series, the East Salem Tri...

Lisa Berne

6 books

Lisa Berne is an American author known for her historical romance novels, particularly the Penhallow Dynasty series. Her passion for historical romanc...

Lisa Bingham

51 books

Lisa Bingham is an American author known for her historical and contemporary romance novels, including the Taggart Brothers series. She aspired to be ...

Lisa Black

18 books

Lisa Black is an American author known for her crime fiction novels. Prior to her writing career, she served as a forensic scientist in Cleveland. Cur...

Lisa Gardner

56 books

Lisa Gardner is an American author known for her thrillers and romance novels, which she writes under the pseudonym Alicia Scott. Her inspiration as a...

Lisa Gray

8 books

Lisa Gray is a crime novelist and journalist, renowned for her Jessica Shaw series that began in 2019 with Thin Air. She continued the series with Bad...

Lisa Harris

106 books

Lisa Harris is an American writer known for her inspirational Christian fiction. She has authored The Nikki Boyd Files series, the Fallout series, and...

Lisa Jackson

328 books

Lisa Jackson is an American writer known for her romance novels, which encompass category romance, romantic suspense, and historical romance. Her stor...

Lisa Jensen

4 books

Lisa Jensen is an American author known for her young adult historical and fantasy novels. Raised in California, she has spent her entire life near th...

Lisa Jewell

24 books

Lisa Jewell is an English author born in London to a textile agent and a secretary. She attended a Catholic girls' school in Finchley and later studie...

Lisa Klein

8 books

Lisa Klein is an American author known for her YA historical fiction novels. She grew up in Peoria, Illinois, and earned her doctorate in English from...

Lisa Kleypas

56 books

Lisa Kleypas is an American author known for her historical and contemporary romance novels. Two months after graduating, she sold her first manuscrip...

Lisa Lutz

13 books

Lisa Lutz is an American mystery novelist and screenwriter. She began her career writing Hollywood screenplays, one of which was rejected and inspired...

Lisa Marie Perry

9 books

Lisa Marie Perry is an American author known for her contemporary romance novels, particularly the Blue Dynasty series. She enjoys creating male chara...

Lisa McMann

36 books

Lisa McMann is an American author known for her young adult fantasy novels, including the Unwanteds series. She graduated from Calvin College in 1990 ...

Lisa Patton

4 books

Lisa Patton is an American author known for her Southern fiction novels, particularly the Dixie series. She graduated from the all-girls prep school, ...

Lisa Regan

29 books

Lisa Regan is an American author renowned for her Detective Josie Quinn series. She has written several other crime fiction novels, listed below. Her ...

Lisa Renee Jones

178 books

Lisa Renee Jones is an American writer known for her contemporary and paranormal romance novels, including the Inside Out series. Before her career as...

Lisa Scottoline

57 books

Lisa Scottoline is an American author known for her legal thrillers, women's fiction, and mysteries. Prior to her writing career, she practiced law as...

Lisa See

12 books

Lisa See is an American author and a prominent figure in the Chinese-American community. Although she was born in Paris, she has always regarded Los A...

Lisa Shearin

30 books

Lisa Shearin is an American writer known for her contemporary and urban fantasy novels. She is the author of the Raine Benares series and the SPI File...

Lisa Unger

71 books

Lisa Unger is an American author known for her suspense-thrillers and has also published works under the pen name Lisa Misicone. Her primary series fe...

Lisa Wingate

31 books

Lisa Wingate is an American author known for her inspirational fiction novels, including the Tending Roses, Blue Sky Hills, and Moses Lake series, amo...

Lisi Harrison

40 books

Lisi Harrison is a Canadian-American author known for her young adult and children’s novels, including The Clique, Alphas, and Pretenders series. She ...

Liu Cixin

43 books

Liu Cixin is a renowned Chinese author, primarily recognized for his work on The Three-Body Problem and its sequels. The first installment of the seri...

Liv Constantine

15 books

Liv Constantine is the joint pen name of sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine, who collaborate on psychological thrillers. They are bestselling autho...

Livia J. Washburn

100 books

Livia J. Washburn is an American author known for her mystery novels, westerns, paranormal romance, and historical fiction. Over her career, she has w...

Liz Fenton / Lisa Steinke

9 books

Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, a writing duo who have been best friends since childhood, began their collaboration by writing books in the romantic susp...

Liz Jensen

9 books

Liz Jensen is an English novelist known for her work across various genres. She is the daughter of a Danish father and an Anglo-Moroccan mother. Liz h...

Liz Moore

5 books

Liz Moore is an American novelist known for her literary fiction. Besides writing, she is a musician and educator. She received her MFA in Fiction fro...

Liz Mugavero

19 books

Liz Mugavero is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels, particularly the Pawsitively Organic Mysteries series. She started writing stori...

Liz Tolsma

49 books

Liz Tolsma is an American author recognized for her work on The Music of Hope series and the Women of Courage series. She has also contributed to the ...

Liza Marklund

22 books

Liza Marklund is a Swedish writer known for her Scandinavian crime fiction and thriller novels, as well as her work as a journalist. She is the author...

Lloyd Alexander

47 books

Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007) was an American writer known for his fantasy novels aimed at young adults and children. He is most recognized for his Chro...

Lois Duncan

55 books

Lois Duncan is an American author known for her young adult suspense and mystery novels, as well as children's books. She has contributed over 300 art...

Lois Lowry

62 books

Lois Lowry is an American writer known for her children's books, particularly in the fantasy genre. She is best recognized for her novel The Giver, wh...

Lois McMaster Bujold

75 books

Lois McMaster Bujold is an American author renowned for her science fiction and fantasy novels. A four-time Hugo Award winner, she shares this achieve...

Lois Winston

33 books

Lois Winston is a cozy mystery writer renowned for her popular Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series. Besides cozy mysteries, she also authors wor...

Lola Glass

81 books

Lola Glass is an American writer known for her romantic fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She is the author of series such as Wolfsbane, Mate Hun...

Loni Nichole

39 books

Loni Nichole is a joint pen name for authors Loni Ree and Nichole Rose, under which they create romance novels. The works published under this name ar...

Lora Leigh

165 books

Lora Leigh is an American author known for her erotic romance and fantasy novels, particularly her series The Breeds. Her book Deadly Sins was describ...

Lorelei James

81 books

Lorelei James is the pseudonym of American author Lori G. Armstrong, who writes western erotic romance under the name Lorelei James and mystery/crime ...

Loren D. Estleman

294 books

Loren D. Estleman is an American writer known for his crime and western fiction. He is most recognized for his Amos Walker series, but he has several ...

Lorena McCourtney

76 books

Lorena McCourtney is an American author known for her Christian-themed mystery and romance novels. She began her writing journey by crafting stories a...

Lorenzo Carcaterra

16 books

Lorenzo Carcaterra is an American suspense novelist, best known for his book Sleepers, which he asserts is autobiographical, though this claim is wide...

Loreth Anne White

50 books

Loreth Anne White is an author known for her thrillers, mysteries, and romantic suspense novels. She has achieved significant success and recognition ...

Lorhainne Eckhart

119 books

Lorhainne Eckhart is a Canadian author known for her romance, suspense, and mystery novels. Her works include the Finding Love: The Outsider, Walk the...

Lori Copeland

112 books

Lori Copeland is an American writer known for her Christian contemporary and historical romance novels. Her works have been nominated for the esteemed...

Lori Foster

161 books

Lori Foster is an American author known for her romance and romantic suspense novels, as well as urban fantasy, which she writes under the pen name L....

Lori Wick

43 books

Lori Wick is an American writer known for her historical and contemporary Christian romance novels. She has authored several mini-series, each consist...

Lori Wilde

189 books

Lori Wilde is an American author known for her series, including the Handsome Devils and Heartthrob Hospital books. She regards her major breakthrough...

Lorna Cook

8 books

Lorna Cook is an author known for her historical fiction novels, and she also writes contemporary romance and women’s fiction under the name Elle Cook...

Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett

87 books

Lorraine Bartlett is an American author known for her mystery and suspense novels. She writes under three pen names: her own name, L.L. Bartlett, and ...

Lorraine Heath

11 books

Lorraine Heath is an American author known for her historical romance novels. She is a bestselling author on both the New York Times and USA Today lis...

Lou Berney

8 books

Lou Berney is an American writer known for his crime fiction novels. He has also penned screenplays and developed pilots for Warner Bros., Paramount, ...

Louis Bayard

14 books

Louis Bayard is an American author celebrated for his historical fiction. He grew up in Virginia and obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton Univer...

Louis L’Amour

190 books

Louis L’Amour (1908-1988) was an American novelist, or as he preferred to call himself, “an American storyteller.” Most of his writings were western n...

Louisa Luna

7 books

Louisa Luna is an author renowned for her Alice Vega series, which features mystery thrillers. The first book, Two Girls Down, has been praised by Lee...

Louisa May Alcott

108 books

Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American writer known for her children's fiction, young adult novels, thrillers, and poetry. Her literary career ...

Louise Bay

43 books

Louise Bay is a contemporary romance novelist known for her series including Doctors, Mister, Royals, and others. She is a USA Today bestselling autho...

Louise Candlish

19 books

Louise Candlish is a bestselling author from the Midlands, known for her numerous novels, particularly Our House, The Other Passenger, and Those Peopl...

Louise Erdrich

65 books

Louise Erdrich is an American writer known for her Native American fiction, which encompasses novels, children's literature, and poetry. She is the au...

Louise Jensen

11 books

Louise Jensen is an English author who made her mark with her debut novel, the psychological thriller The Sister. She followed it with The Gift and co...

Louise Penny

24 books

Louise Penny is a Canadian author known for her mystery novels featuring Inspector Armand Gamache, set in Quebec. She has won the Agatha Award multipl...

Louise Rennison

18 books

Louise Rennison (1951-2016) was a British author known for her young adult novels, particularly the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series. In additio...

Luana Ehrlich

36 books

Luana Ehrlich is an American author known for her Christian-themed spy thrillers and mystery novels. She is a USA Today bestselling author and writes ...

Luanne G. Smith

9 books

Luanne G. Smith is an American author renowned for her The Vine Witch series. The series began in 2019 with The Vine Witch, followed by The Glamourist...

Luanne Rice

42 books

Luanne Rice is an American author known for her romance and women’s fiction, including the Hubbard’s Point series. Her novels often explore themes of ...

Lucia Berlin

11 books

Lucia Berlin (1936-2004) was a short story writer who achieved publication later in life, thanks in part to encouragement from poet Ed Dorn. Although ...

Lucinda Berry

16 books

Dr. Lucinda Berry is an American author, former clinical psychologist, and prominent researcher in childhood trauma. She is widely recognized for her ...

Lucinda Riley

26 books

Lucinda Riley is an Irish author known for her historical and general fiction novels. She is the creator of the Seven Sisters series, for which produc...

Lucy Arlington

0 books

Lucy Arlington is the pen name for the writing duo of Ellery Adams and Sylvia May, who created the Novel Idea Mystery series. They collaborated on the...

Lucy Banks

9 books

Lucy Banks is an English author known for her paranormal and mystery novels, particularly the Dr. Ribero’s Agency of the Supernatural series. She grew...

Lucy Burdette

29 books

Lucy Burdette is an American author known for her cozy mystery novels. She is the creator of the Key West Food Critic Mysteries and has also penned th...

Lucy Foley

7 books

Lucy Foley is the writer behind The Guest List, The Hunting Party, The Invitation, and other titles. Her works have been featured on the New York Time...

Lucy Holliday

3 books

Lucy Holliday is a writer of chick lit and romance novels, known for her Libby Lomax series. She penned her first piece, “The Postman is Very Good,” b...

Lucy Score

35 books

Lucy Score is a romance novelist known for her Blue Moon series, Riley Thorn series, and other works. She is a New York Times bestselling author. Grow...

Lucy Tan

1 book

Lucy Tan is an American writer known for her literary fiction novels. She grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey but has also spent considerable time in...

Luis Alberto Urrea

29 books

Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican-American author and a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction, as well as a member of the Latino Literature...

Luke Delaney

19 books

Luke Delaney is a British crime fiction author known for the DI Sean Corrigan series. He served in the Metropolitan Police Service during the late 198...

Luke Jennings

12 books

Luke Jennings is a British author and journalist who writes for The Observer. He is most recognized for his Killing Eve book series. As a journalist, ...

Luke McCallin

4 books

Luke McCallin is an author known for his historical mystery novels, particularly the Gregor Reinhardt series. Born in England and raised in Africa, he...

Lydia Adamson

42 books

Lydia Adamson is the pseudonym of Franklin B. King, who writes cozy mystery novels. Adamson is known for the Alice Nestleton, Deirdre Quinn Nightingal...

Lydia Sherrer

16 books

Lydia Sherrer is an American fantasy writer known for developing the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Universe, which includes the Dark Roads Trilogy and t...

Lyn Hamilton

12 books

Lyn Hamilton (1944-2009) was a Canadian mystery novelist known for her Lara McClintoch series. Before her writing career, she worked in communications...

LynDee Walker

20 books

LynDee Walker is an American crime fiction author known for the Nichelle Clark and Faith McClellan series. Prior to her fiction career, she was an awa...

Lynda La Plante

57 books

Lynda La Plante is an English novelist and screenwriter, as well as a former actress. She writes novels that she adapts into television series through...

Lyndsay Faye

15 books

Lyndsay Faye is an American author who grew up in the Pacific Northwest. She initially moved to Belmont, California, where she earned a dual degree in...

Lynette Eason

155 books

Lynette Eason is an American author known for her Christian-themed romantic suspense novels. Raised in Greenville, South Carolina, she committed her l...

Lynn Austin

34 books

Lynn Austin is an American author recognized for her Refiner’s Fire series and the Chronicle of the Kings series. Although she always aspired to write...

Lynn Cahoon

89 books

Lynn Cahoon is an American writer known for her cozy mystery, contemporary romance, and fantasy novels. She is the author of the Tourist Trap Mysterie...

Lynn Kurland

62 books

Lynn Kurland is an American writer known for her fantasy romance novels. She has authored the De Piaget series, MacLeod series, and the Nine Kingdom s...

Lynn Messina

36 books

Lynn Messina is an American author known for her women’s fiction, as well as historical and contemporary mystery and romance novels. She is the creato...

Lynn Morrison

32 books

Lynn Morrison is an American author known for her mystery and fantasy novels, as well as non-fiction works. She is the creator of the Dora and Rex 192...

Lynn Painter

13 books

Lynn Painter is a writer of romantic comedy novels aimed at both teens and adults. She is recognized as a New York Times and USA Today bestselling aut...

Lynn Viehl

19 books

Lynn Viehl is an American romance novelist known for her Darkyn and Kyndred series, among others. She also writes under the name S.L. Viehl and variou...

Lynne Hinton

16 books

Lynne Hinton is an American author known for her Hope Springs series and the Divine Private Detective Agency Mysteries series. She was born and raised...

Lynne Matson

4 books

Lynne Matson grew up in Georgia, enjoying lemonade and later sweet tea, surrounded by a backyard filled with gnarled pine trees. As a child, she would...

Lynne Truss

23 books

Lynne Truss is an English author known for her literary fiction and non-fiction works. She started her career as a literary editor but later shifted h...

Lynsay Sands

123 books

Lynsay Sands is a Canadian author known for her romance novels, which span the paranormal, historical, and contemporary sub-genres. She is a bestselli...

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