List of Novelists From The United States - L

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• Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), Arrows of the Queen
• Ed Lacy (1911–1968), Room To Swing
• Oliver La Farge (1901–1963), Laughing Boy
• R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002), Past Master
• Tim LaHaye (born 1926), Left Behind (with Jerry B. Jenkins)
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), The Namesake
• Lori L. Lake (born 1960), Snow Moon Rising
• Harold Lamb (1892–1962), Marching Sands
• Wally Lamb (born 1950), She's Come Undone
• Anne Lamott (born 1954), Crooked Little Heart
• Louis L'Amour (1908–1988), Jubal Sackett
• Margaret Landon (1903–1993), Anna and the King of Siam
• Jane Langton (born 1922), The Transcendental Murder
• Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951), The Bottoms
• Ring Lardner (1885–1933), You Know Me Al
• Nella Larsen (1891–1964), Passing
• Emma Lathen (Martha Hennissart (born 1929) and Mary Jane
  Latsis (1927–1997)), Murder Against the Grain
• Keith Laumer (1925–1993), A Plague of Demons
• Robert Lawson (1892–1957), Rabbit Hill
• David Leavitt (born 1961), The Lost Language of Cranes
• William Lederer (1912–2009), The Ugly American (with Eugene Burdick)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929), The Left Hand of Darkness
• Chang-Rae Lee (born 1965), Native Speaker
• Harper Lee (born 1926), To Kill a Mockingbird
• Peter Lefcourt (born 1941), The Dreyfus Affair
• Ella Leffland (born 1931) Rumors of Peace
• Dennis Lehane (born 1966) Mystic River
• Fritz Leiber (1910–1992), A Specter is Haunting Texas
• Murray Leinster (1896–1975), The Greks Bring Gifts
• Brad Leithauser (born 1953), Hence
• Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007), A Wrinkle in Time
• J. Robert Lennon (born 1970), Mailman
• Elmore Leonard (born 1925), Get Shorty
• JT LeRoy (Laura Albert) (born 1965), Sarah
• John Lescroart (born 1948), The Mercy Rule
• Jonathan Lethem (born 1964), Motherless Brooklyn
• Jeremy Leven (born 1941), Satan: His Psychotherapy and Cure
• Ira Levin (1929–2007), Rosemary's Baby
• Meyer Levin (1905–1981), Compulsion
• Stacey Levine (born 19??), Frances Johnson
• Janet Lewis (1899–1998), The Wife of Martin Guerre
• Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951), Main Street
• Ludwig Lewisohn (1882–1955), The Case of Mr. Crump
• John L'Heureux (born 1934), An Honorable Profession
• Alan Lightman (born 1948), Einstein's Dreams
• Sigrid de Lima (1921-1999), Carnival by the Sea
• Tao Lin (born 1983), Richard Yates
• Joseph C. Lincoln (1870–1944), Rugged Water
• Johanna Lindsey (born 1952), Fires of Winter
• Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988), Knave of Hearts
• Elinor Lipman (born 1950), The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
• George Lippard (1822–1854), The Monks of Monk Hall
• Rosina Lippi (born 1956), Homestead
• Sam Lipsyte (born 1968), Home Land
• David Liss (born 1966), A Conspiracy of Paper
• Bentley Little (born 1960), The Revelation
• Robert Littell (born 1935), The Amateur
• Ross Lockridge, Jr. (1914–1948), Raintree County
• Jack London (1876–1916), The Call of the Wild
• Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994), The Horror from the Hills
• Anita Loos (1893–1981), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• Bret Lott (born 1958), Jewel
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937), At the Mountains of Madness
• Lois Lowry (born 1937), The Giver
• Robert Ludlum (1927–2001), The Bourne Identity
• Grace Lumpkin (1891–1980), To Make My Bread
• Alison Lurie (born 1926), Foreign Affairs
• Andrew Nelson Lytle (1902–1995), The Velvet Horn