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- L. Frank BaumAmerican author (1856–1919)
- L'Hôtel du libre échangeL'Hôtel du Libre échange ((in French): Free Exchange Hotel) is a comedy written by the Fre
- La Honda, CaliforniaLa Honda (Spanish for "The Sling") is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Mate
- La PéricholeLa Périchole (French pronunciation: ) is an opéra bouffe in three acts with music by Jacqu
- La PléiadeLa Pléiade (French pronunciation: ) was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets w
- LabidArabian poet (died c.660)
- Lackawaxen, PennsylvaniaLackawaxen is an unincorporated community in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvani
- Lady Mary Wortley MontaguEnglish writer and poet (1689–1762)
- Lafcadio HearnWriter and translator (1850–1904)
- Lai (poetic form)A lai (or lay lyrique, "lyric lay", to distinguish it from a lai breton) is a lyrical, nar
- Lanford WilsonAmerican playwright (1937–2011)
- Larry FlyntAmerican publisher (1942–2021)
- Larry Flynt PublicationsLarry Flynt Publications, or LFP, Inc. is an American independent business enterprise that
- Larry KingAmerican TV and radio host (1933–2021)
- Larry KramerAmerican playwright and gay rights activist (1935–2020)
- Lars Johan HiertaNewspaper publisher, social critic, businessman and politician
- László KrasznahorkaiHungarian novelist (born 1954)
- Laura Ingalls WilderAmerican teacher and writer (1867–1957)
- Laurence EusdenEnglish poet (1688–1730)
- Laurence SterneAnglo-Irish writer and cleric (1713–1768)
- Lawrence SpivakAmerican journalist and Meet the Press host
- Learning to Swim and Other StoriesLearning to Swim and Other Stories is the first collection of stories by English author Gr
- Leconte de LisleFrench poet (1818–1894)
- Lêdo IvoBrazilian writer
- Lee GuberLee Guber (November 20, 1920 – March 27, 1988) was an American theater impresario, who pro
- Lee MillerAmerican photographer and photojournalist (1907–1977)
- Left RenewalLeft Renewal was a political faction that existed within The Greens NSW, which was establi
- Len DeightonBritish author (1929–2026)
- Lenrie PetersGambian surgeon and writer (1932–2009)
- Léon DamasFrench poet and politician (1912–1978)
- Leon UrisAmerican author (1924–2003)
- Leonard FeatherBritish musician, producer, and writer (1914–1994)
- Leonid AndreyevRussian playwright and writer (1871–1919)
- Léonora MianoCameroonian author (born 1973)
- Leopold von Sacher-MasochAustrian author (1836–1895)
- Leopoldo AlasSpanish author
- Leopoldo LugonesArgentine poet
- Leopoldo MetlicovitzLeopoldo Metlicovitz (17 July 1868 – 19 October 1944) was an Italian painter, illustrator
- Les Murray (poet)Australian poet and critic (1938–2019)
- Lesya UkrainkaUkrainian poet and writer (1871–1913)
- Let Us Be Like the SunLet Us Be Like the Sun is the sixth book of poetry by Konstantin Balmont, first published
- Letitia FairfieldJosephine Letitia Denny Fairfield CBE MB CM MD (10 March 1885 – 1 February 1978) was a med
- Lettre Ulysses AwardThe Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage has been given annually since 2003 for t
- Li HeChinese writer
- Li ShangyinChinese poet and politician
- Li Zhensheng (photojournalist)Chinese photographer (1940–2020)
- Liana BurgessLiana Burgess (born Liliana Macellari, September 25, 1929 – December 3, 2007) was an Itali
- Library of Congress Prize for American FictionLibrary of Congress Prize for American Fiction (formerly the Library of Congress Creative
- Licheng, JinanLicheng District (simplified Chinese: 历城区; traditional Chinese: 歷城區; pinyin: Lìchéng Qū) i
- LiesingLiesing (German pronunciation: ) is the 23rd district of Vienna. It is on the southwest ed
- LiliomLiliom is a 1909 play by the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár. It was well known in its
- Lillian HellmanAmerican dramatist and screenwriter (1905–1984)
- Lima BarretoBrazilian writer (1881–1922)
- Linda WertheimerLinda Wertheimer (; born March 19, 1943) is a former American radio journalist for NPR. Sh
- Lionel RayLionel Ray (born Robert Lorho; 19 January 1935, in Mantes-la-Ville) is a French poet and e
- Literary Association of the Friends of PolandLiterary Association of the Friends of Poland is a British organisation of solidarity with
- Literature of New EnglandThe literature of New England has had an enduring influence on American literature in gene
- LiǔLiǔ (Chinese: 柳; pinyin: Liǔ; Wade–Giles: Liu³, ) is an East Asian surname of Chinese orig
- Liu CixinChinese science fiction writer (born 1963)
- Liu ZongyuanChinese philosopher, poet, and politician (773–819)
- LlansantffraedLlansantffraed (Llansantffraed-juxta-Usk) is a parish in the community of Talybont-on-Usk
- Lois LowryAmerican writer (born 1937)
- London Labour and the London PoorLondon Labour and the London Poor is a work of Victorian journalism by Henry Mayhew. In th
- Lord DunsanyAnglo-Irish writer and dramatist (1878–1957)
- Lord EmsworthClarence Threepwood, 9th Earl Emsworth, commonly known as Lord Emsworth, is a recurring fi
- Lorenzo Da PonteItalian librettist, professor, and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)
- Lorraine HansberryAfrican-American playwright and author (1930–1965)
- Lost Man Booker PrizeThe Lost Man Booker Prize was a special edition of the Man Booker Prize awarded by a publi
- Lostwithiel (UK Parliament constituency)Lostwithiel was a rotten borough in Cornwall which returned two Members of Parliament to t
- Louella ParsonsAmerican gossip columnist (1881–1972)
- Louis AragonFrench poet (1897–1982)
- Louis L'AmourAmerican novelist and short story writer (1908–1988)
- Louis MacNeiceIrish poet and playwright (1907–1963)
- Louis TherouxBritish and American journalist and author (born 1970)
- Louis-Ferdinand CélineFrench writer (1894–1961)
- Louisa LawsonAustralian writer and suffragist (1848–1920)
- Louisa May AlcottAmerican novelist (1832–1888)
- Louise BryantAmerican activist and journalist (1885–1936)
- Louise ErdrichAmerican author (born 1954)
- Louise GlückAmerican poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)
- Louise LabéFrench poet (died 1566)
- Louise Potiki BryantLouise Mary Potiki Bryant is a New Zealand choreographer, dancer and video artist. She has
- Louise RennisonEnglish author and comedian
- Loyalties (memoir)Loyalties: A Son's Memoir is a memoir by journalist Carl Bernstein, published in 1989. The
- Lu DingyiLu Dingyi (Chinese: 陆定一; pinyin: Lù Dìngyī; June 9, 1906 – May 9, 1996) was a leader of th
- Lu YouChinese historian and poet (1125–1210)
- Lucius AcciusRoman poet and literary scholar (170–c.86 BC)
- Lucy Maud MontgomeryCanadian novelist (1874–1942)
- Ludovic HalévyFrench writer (1834–1908)
- Ludovico AriostoItalian poet (1474–1533)
- Luigi IllicaItalian librettist (1857–1919)
- Luís Gama19th-century Brazilian lawyer and abolitionist
- Luo Guanzhong14th-century Chinese novelist
- Lydia DavisAmerican writer (born 1947)
- Lygia Fagundes TellesBrazilian novelist and writer (1918–2022)
- LyricismLyricism is a term used to describe a piece of art considered to have deep emotions. Its o
- Lyudmila PetrushevskayaRussian writer, novelist and playwright (born 1938)
- Lyudmila UlitskayaRussian author (born 1943)