Authors whose first name starts with L

L. C. Tyler, known as Len and born in 1951, is a British author of comic crime novels. The Elsie and Ethelred mysteries pair crime writer Ethelred Tressider with Elsie Thirkettle, the literary agent who represents Ethelred. The John Grey Historical Mystery series follows a lawyer named John Grey in Restoration England. Tyler's 19 catalogued books run from The Herring Seller's Apprentice (2007) to A Well-Earned Death (2023), and include Ten Little Herrings (2009) and A Cruel Necessity (2014).

L Penelope writes fantasy; magic and imaginary places are the recorded subjects across the catalogue. Eighteen books are on file, from Angelborn (2015) to The Obsidian Curse (2025), and the median runs 496 pages, longer than most listings here. The Earthsinger Chronicles and its novellas, the Cupid Guild, Bliss Wars and the Angelborn Cycle are the series recorded under the name. Publication has carried on into the 2020s, the heaviest decade in the listing.

L. A. Dobbs writes action and thriller fiction. Five books stand in the catalogue: Exposing Truths and Keeping Secrets (both 2017), Betraying Trust and Killing Dreams (both 2018), and Seeking Justice (2024). The gap between 2018 and 2024 marks the longest pause in the run, which remains open.

L. Ann has 39 catalogued books published between 2017 and 2026, sorted into nine series: Forgotten Legacy, A Dark Legacy, Midnight Pack, Churchill Bradley Academy, Chambers Brothers, Veinbound, Red Creek Ravens, Ruthless Games Duology and Black Rosary. Bonded in Blood (2017) opens the run and A Very Unseelie Christmas (2026) is the most recent title. The Midnight Pack books arrived in a tight block between 2018 and 2020.

L. Eclaire is an award-winning game designer and author who has worked in games since the 1990s, on projects from Choose Your Own Adventure and tabletop books to PC and console titles. Eclaire made an English-language debut in LitRPG and military science fiction. The 20 catalogued books began in 2023 with Leveling Up The World, which reached a fifth numbered volume that year. Battleship Chronicles and Reluctant Dungeon are the other series, and The Reluctant Dungeon 4 (2026) is the newest title.

L. Frank Baum

84 books• 12 series

L. Frank Baum, born Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) in Chittenango, New York, was an American author of children's fantasy best known for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Beyond 14 Oz books, Baum produced 41 other novels, 83 short stories, more than 200 poems and at least 42 scripts, and four further novels were lost unpublished. The 1939 film of the first Oz book became a landmark of 20th-century cinema. The catalogue opens with Our Landlady (1891), Mother Goose in Prose (1897) and Father Goose, His Book (1899), and series include Aunt Jane's Nieces, Boy Fortune Hunters, Mary Louise, Flying Girl and Trot & Cap'n Bill. Baum moved west after an unsuccessful spell as a theater producer and playwright.

L. Jagi Lamplighter writes fantasy in two catalogued series, Prospero's Daughter and Books of Unexpected Enlightenment. The 10 catalogued books begin with Prospero Lost (2009), Prospero in Hell (2010) and Prospero Regained (2011). The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin (2013) and The Raven, the Elf, and Rachel (2014) came next. Subject headings include magic, wizards, siblings, fathers and daughters, family secrets, Hell and schools. Guardians of the Twilight Lands (2023) is the newest title.

L. Ron Hubbard

110 books• 5 series

L. Ron Hubbard (Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, March 13, 1911 to January 24, 1986) was an American writer and the founder of Scientology. The early career produced a large body of pulp science fiction and fantasy. The catalogue holds 110 books, starting in 1934 with Sea Fangs, Dead Men Kill, Hurtling Wings and Twenty Fathoms Down. Series include Mission Earth, Slaves of Sleep and collections of western and science fiction short stories. Hubbard wrote Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health in 1950, a book described as pseudoscientific, created Scientology in 1952 and led the Church of Scientology until 1986. Subjects include air pilots, sea stories, westerns and crime.

L. Sprague de Camp

88 books• 7 series

Lyon Sprague de Camp (November 27, 1907 - November 6, 2000) wrote science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction across a 60-year career that produced more than 100 books, biographies of other fantasy authors among them. De Camp was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s. This catalogue lists 88 titles from The Incompleat Enchanter (1940) onward, including the Viagens Interplanetarias Krishna novels, the Novarian books and the Incorporated Knight. Six titles carry a joint credit with Fletcher Pratt and five with Lin Carter; the Conan listings also name Robert E. Howard and Bjorn Nyberg.

L. Steele's catalogue holds 71 books, organised into short series: Arranged Marriage, Big Bad Billionaires, Morally Grey Billionaires, the Hamiltons, Knotted Omega and Fae's Claim among them. Earlier speculative titles sit at the start of the list, The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer (2012), The Destiny of Shaitan (2012), The First Life of Vikram Roy (2015). The Bride Swap arrives in 2026, at a median 208 pages.

L. Wilder has 58 books catalogued from 2014 to 2026, most organised into Satan's Fury MC and related lines. Those lines include Satan's Fury MC- Little Rock, Satan's Fury MC: Memphis and Satan's Fury MC Second Generation, alongside Ruthless Sinners MC, Devil Chaser's MC and What Bad Boys Do. Ignite, Inferno and Smolder date from 2014, followed by Combust, Maverick and Stitch in 2015. Smitty is the newest title, from 2026.

L.A. Banks has 46 books catalogued from 1996 to 2011, and the author is listed as likely complete. Sundance (1996) and Slow Burn (1997) are the earliest, followed by Love Lessons, Love Notes and Rivers of the Soul (2001), then Soul Food and Through the Storm (2002). Minion appeared in 2003. Series include Vampire Huntress, Crimson Moon, Betrayal of the Trust and Scarface. Vampires, werewolves, Damali Richards, African American women and women martial artists appear in the subject tags, along with romance, horror and paranormal fiction.

L.A. Boruff's catalogue holds 59 books, starting with Literary Yours in 2018. Titles from 2019 include Magical Mischief, Magical Misfit, Unicorn Luck, The Platypus and Her Wolves and War of Wings. Series include Mountain Shifters, Wears Valley Witches, Unseen War, Monster Magic Dating Service, Midlife Mage, Laurel Gap Dragons and Wolves of Maddox Ranch. A Challenging Midlife is dated 2026, and My Dragon Captor is listed as upcoming for 2027.

L.A. Casey writes contemporary romance set in Dublin. The Slater Brothers are the recurring figures the catalogue records, and first names title much of the listing: Alec, Bronagh and Dominic in 2014, Aideen, Kane and Keela in 2015, Ryder in 2016 and Branna in 2017. The catalogue holds 21 books dated 2014 to 2022, all credited to Casey, with Slater Brothers Short Stories/Novellas and Maji recorded as series. Dateless (2022) is the newest entry.

L.A. Cotton writes new adult and sports romance set around high schools and colleges. 64 catalogued books run from Fate's Love (2014) to Beneath the Ice (2024), with the 2020s the busiest decade. Series include Rixon High, Rixon Raiders, Wicked Bay, Chastity Falls, Lakeshore U, Steinbeck U, Darling Hill, Verona Legacy and Maverick Defense. The median book runs 292 pages.

L.A. McGinnis writes fantasy and suspense, with 42 books catalogued from Shadows of Ghosts (2017) to Wicked Is My Curse (2026). Series include Banished Gods, Wicked Realms, Darkfell Vampire Clan, Blackstone Vampire Clan, Nocturne Vampire Clan, D'Immortali Vampire Dynasty, Mage Circle Trilogy and Holy City Vampires. Titles from 2019 include Death's Daughter, Queen of Swords and The Priestess.

L.A. Meyer was the pen name of Louis A. Meyer (January 1, 1942 to July 29, 2014), an author from Maine. Meyer is best known for the young-adult historical Jacky Faber Adventures, also called the Bloody Jack series. Meyer also wrote two picture books for children, painted, and co-owned the Clair de Loon art gallery in Bar Harbor. The catalogue lists 12 books from Bloody Jack (2002) to Wild Rover No More (2014), with subjects including pirates and seafaring life.

L.A. Weatherly is an American author, born in 1967, who also writes as Lee Weatherly and Titania Woods. Weatherly grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and lives in the Scottish Borders in the UK. Weatherly has written more than fifty books for children and young adults, and the YA Angel trilogy is the best known of them, ending with Angel Fever (2013). Novels for teenagers include Child X, Missing Abby and Soul Mates. The catalogue lists 12 books from 2010 to 2017, with Black Moon (2017) the newest.

L.A. Witt writes gay romance and suspense, and the catalogue holds 183 books from Rules of Engagement (2009) to Tough Call (2026). Rain: The Sequel to Rules of Engagement followed in 2010. Subjects include gay men, erotic romance, thrillers, science fiction, gender identity, vampires and Los Angeles. Series include Wildes, Market Garden, Anchor Point, Tucker Springs, Bad Behavior, Gentlemen of the Emerald City and Hitman vs Hitman, and Bluewater Bay is also linked. Witt now lives in Pittsburgh after years as a military spouse, and publishes LGBTQ+ sweet romance, asexual romance and young adult fiction as Ann Gallagher.

L.B. Anne writes for middle-grade readers. Lolo and Winkle is the largest series, opening in 2019 with Go Viral, Break London, Frenemies and Zombie Apocalypse Club, and Sheena Meyer, Curly Girl Adventures, Everfall, Knights of the Gleam, It's Me, Jaxon! and Logan Tobias follow. The Girl Who Looked Beyond The Stars (2019) and The Boy Who Scattered the Stars (2026) bracket a catalogue of 34 books.

L.B. Dunbar is a romance author with 67 books catalogued since Speak From The Heart in 2013. Early titles include Fight From The Heart (2014), Look With Your Heart (2014) and The Legend of Arturo King (2015). Series include Sterling Falls, Sexy Silver Foxes, Heart Collection, Legendary Rock Stars, Silver Foxes of Blue Ridge and Lakeside Cottage. Sterling Stone is dated 2026, and Midsummer Mishap is scheduled for 2027.

Posie Parker, a woman detective working in the 1920s, is the figure L.B. Hathaway's mysteries follow. The Posie Parker Mystery series accounts for a catalogue of 18 books, opening with Murder Offstage (2014) and reaching Murder at the Villa Amalfi (2026). Country houses, the Metropolitan Police and historical crime make up the listed subjects. Hathaway is British, Cambridge-educated, and practised law in London for almost a decade before writing full time; her other specialism is Tudor history, and she writes for popular history magazines.

Zombies and academies divide L.C. Mortimer's catalogue. Stay Dead, Beautifully Undead and Diary of the Undead work the undead side, with Peanut Butter Zombie (2014) and The Zombie Runner (2014) among the early titles. Enchanted Academy, Hybrid Academy and Shifter Falls Academy work the paranormal school side. The catalogue holds 54 books published between 2013 and 2026, from The Dead of Night (2013) to Crushed Undead (2026).

L.c. Warman writes mystery and detective fiction. Nine books are catalogued under the name, published between 2019 and 2022 at an average gap of 0.4 years. Four series are grouped here: Eastwick Mansion Mysteries, Disappearance of Charlotte Walters, A St. Clair Mystery and Charlotte. A Death at Eastwick (2019), A Scandal at Eastwick (2019) and A Betrayal at Eastwick (2020) carry the Eastwick name, and The Last Real Crime, The Last Real Girl and The Last Real Secret all carry a 2019 date. The Vanishing (2022) is the newest entry.

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

87 books• 11 series

The Saga of Recluce made L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s name: 25 novels of wizards, magic and imaginary wars by 2025, with the first 18 selling close to three million copies. Modesitt, born Leland Exton Modesitt Jr. in 1943, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer whose 87 catalogued books run from The Timegod / The Fires of Paratime (1982) to Last of the First (2026). The Imager Portfolio, Corean Chronicles, Spellsong Cycle, Ecolitan Matter and Forever Hero stand beside Recluce. Modesitt also publishes poetry, columns and technical studies, and his volumes median 501 pages.

L.G. Davis has 22 catalogued books published between 2017 and 2026. The Girl in the Rain (2017) opens the run, followed by The Girl in the Storm (2018), The Midnight Wife (2019), The Stolen Breath and The Widow's Cabin (2020), and The Janitor's Wife and The Surrogate's Gift (2021). Bitter Street, Poison Lake and Liar Liar come after them. Broken Vows is the one series heading. The median listed length is 312 pages, The Marriage Blogger is listed for 2026, and the catalogue remains open.

L.G. Estrella writes fantasy and science fiction. Unconventional Heroes is the main run, and its titles follow a formula: Two Necromancers, a Bureaucrat, and an Elf (2014) leads eventually to Two Necromancers, a Fortress, and a Titan, Part Two (2025). The other series are the Last Huntress, Attempted Vampirism, Lizzy Stanton, Galactic Peace, Department, Divine Assistance, the Fracture Chronicles and Monster Whisperer. The catalogue holds 31 books from The Burning Mountains (2013) onward.

L.H. Thomson has 24 books catalogued from 2012 to 2021, split across four series. The Liam Quinn Mysteries account for titles such as Quinn Checks In (2012) and Quinn and the Vanishing Bride (2013). Thomson also writes the Max Castillo Mystery, Abigail Deane and Brett Harrison Mysteries series, the last beginning with Abigail Deane and the Demon's Gate (2012). Snitches Get Stitches (2021) is the newest.

L.J. Andrews has 46 catalogued books published between 2016 and 2026. Rise of a Guardian (2016) is listed first, with Fire and Ice (2016), Trinity Rises (2016) and Island of Bones (2017) among the early titles. Andrews's series include Broken Kingdoms, Djinn Kingdom, Lost Relics, Ever Seas, Marked in Shadow's Keep and Broken Souls and Bones. The Stolen Crown (2026) is the newest title.

L.J. Martin writes westerns and historical fiction, with thrillers also in the catalogue. Subjects place the books in California and the American West, and reach the Mexican War of 1846-1848, the Five Civilized Tribes and the Indians of North America. Clint Ryan is the recurring figure in one series; Repairman, Ned Cody, Callihan and Two Thousand Grueling Miles are the others recorded. The listing holds 66 books published between 1988 and 2025, from Mojave Showdown (1988) to The Earps (2025).

Detective Wade Jackson is the recurring investigator in L.J. Sellers's main mystery series, set in Oregon, with Agent Jamie Dallas and Conner & Hitch running beside it. Sellers has 35 catalogued books, opening with The Sex Club (2007) and reaching Loved to Death in 2026, at a median of 299 pages. Secrets to Die for (2009), Passions of the Dead (2010), Dying for Justice (2011) and The Gauntlet Assassin (2011) fill the early stretch, and standalone novels, short stories and nonfiction each have their own listing. Murder, missing persons and investigation head the subject list.

L.J. Shen writes contemporary romance, and the catalogue tags the books dark romance, mafia romance, enemies to lovers, forced proximity and slow burn. Shen is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestselling author and lives in Florida. The listing holds 42 books published between 2015 and 2026, from Tyed to Fallen Rook, with series including Sinners of Saint, All Saints High, Boston Belles, Cruel Castaways, Dark Prince Road and Society of Villains.

Lisa Jane Smith (1958-2025), writing as L.J. Smith, produced young adult horror and fantasy about vampires, witches and the supernatural. The Vampire Diaries is her best known series and was adapted for television; Night World, the Secret Circle and Dark Visions sit beside it. Both The Vampire Diaries and Night World reached the New York Times bestseller list, and Smith's books took five award nominations. Fifty-four titles run from The Night of the Solstice (1987) to Paradise Lost (2014).

L.J. Vickery has published 56 books since 2014, when Immortals Rising / Rock Hard and Storm Force appeared. Several titles carry two names, such as Immortal Ice / Frozen Stiff (2016) and Immortal Tempest / Blown Away (2016). Vickery's series include Heroes in Hardhats, Heroes in Hardhats: Boston, Heroes in Hardhats: Downeast, S.O.S., Downeast SWAT, Diver Downeast, Gemma-Hydrox and Nightmare Men. Vincent (2026) is the latest title.

L.K. Shaw published 33 catalogued books between 2016 and 2023. The run opens in 2016 with Submission and Desire and ends with Finn (2023). Three series carry Shaw's name: Doms of Club Eden, Brooklyn Kings and Dublin Kings. All 33 titles are credited to Shaw alone, and no new book has been catalogued since 2023.

L.L. Collins published 14 catalogued books between 2013 and 2019. The series list names Living Again, Jaded Regret and the Kingsley Brothers Duet. Living Again (2013) is the first book, and Reaching Rachel, Breaking Free, Guarding Hearts and Twisted Souls follow. Insatiable (2019) is the latest title, and the catalogue treats the body of work as likely complete.

L.L. McKinney

10 books• 3 series

Leatrice "Elle" McKinney writes young adult fiction under the pen name L.L. McKinney. The debut novel, A Blade So Black, came out in September 2018, and A Dream So Dark (2019) and A Crown So Cursed (2020) are also in the catalogue. In June 2020 McKinney started the PublishingPaidMe hashtag on Twitter to expose racial gaps in the advances paid to writers. Other titles include Nubia: Real One (2021), Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness (2021), Mourning Glory (2023), Escaping Mr. Rochester (2024) and Nubia: Too Real (2025). Nightmare-Verse is among the series on the site, and subject headings include magic, nightmares, African American teenage girls and women superheroes.

L.L. Muir's catalogue of 76 books opens with Lord Fool to the Rescue and Ross, both from 2011. Titles from 2012 and 2013 include Somewhere Over the Freaking Rainbow, Where to Pee on a Pirate Ship, Blood for Ink and Ruffles and Rawhide. Muir's series include Curse of Clan Ross, Scarlet Plumiere, Crown of the Fae King, Kisses and Carriages, Angels of Somerled, Witches of Falls County and Game of Kings. Delirious (2026) is the newest title.

L.M. Fox has 21 books in the catalogue, published between 2021 and 2026. Deprivation, Fractured, Stronger and The Bitter Rival all carry 2021 dates, and Naughty & Nice, Deprived No More, Moonshot and Mr. Second Best carry 2022 ones. Series headings are Deprivation, Bitter Rival and Bianchi Brothers, alongside a grouping for standalone novels. Sunflowers and Surrender and Dr. Weston appeared in 2023. Mr. Sly (2026) is the newest listed title and the catalogue is active.

L.M. Krier writes the Ted Darling series, and the catalogue holds 21 books from 2015 to 2023. Baby's Got Blue Eyes, Two Little Boys and When I'm Old and Grey all appeared in 2015. Only the Lonely, Shut Up and Drive and Wild Thing followed in 2016, and Walk On By came in 2017. Sweet Little Lies (2023) is the most recent book, at a median of 287 pages.

L.M. Lacee writes paranormal romance, most of it inside the Dragon's Gap setting, where the titles name their couple: Reighn & Sage's Story (2018), Ace & Harper's Story (2018), Thorn & Ciana's Story (2018). Daughter Of Ethos, Daughter Of Ethos: The Negotiator, Pride of Lion Edge and Dragon's Gap Lightning extend the list. The catalogue holds 33 books between 2018 and 2026, reaching Conversations at the Gap (2026), at an average gap of 0.2 years.

L.M. Montgomery

57 books• 9 series

Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 to April 24, 1942) was a Canadian author who published as L. M. Montgomery. Anne of Green Gables (1908) began the body of work Montgomery is known for, and the orphan Anne Shirley brought Montgomery fame and an international readership. The career produced 20 novels plus more than a thousand short stories and poems, alongside essays. The catalogue lists 57 books, from Anne of Green Gables to editions dated 2025, and holds the Anne Shirley, Emily and Silver Bush series and the published journals.

L.P. Dover writes romance and romantic suspense, with 64 books catalogued from Forever Fae (2012) to Hidden in Silence (2025). Titles from 2013 include Betrayals of Spring, Reign of Ice, Summer of Frost and Love's Second Chance. Series include Forever Fae, Royal Shifters, Gloves Off, Breakaway, Circle of Justice, Armed & Dangerous, Oak Island and Wives of Arbor Bay, and the Boudreaux Universe is also linked to the catalogue.

Karl Alberg is a police officer in British Columbia, and Cassandra Mitchell recurs beside him across L.R. Wright's crime novels. That series takes in The Suspect (1985), A Chill Rain In January (1990), Prized Possessions (1992) and A Touch of Panic (1994), with the Edwina Henderson mysteries as a second run. Wright's catalogue holds 15 titles, from Neighbours (1979) to Menace, and is listed as likely complete.

L.T. Ryan is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling thriller author with 137 books in the catalogue, from Noble Beginnings (2012) to Noble Reckoning, with Cold Light announced and the list reaching 2027. The Jack Noble and Rachel Hatch series head Ryan's profile. Other series listings include Maddie Castle, Cassie Quinn, Bear & Mandy Logan, Dalton Savage, Blake Brier, Alex Hayes Legal Thrillers, Affliction Z, Stella LaRosa, Avril Dahl and Jane Cannon. Subjects include the CIA, special operations, conspiracies, betrayal and human smuggling. Ryan also runs a publishing company.

L.T. Vargus's catalogue runs from Casting Shadows Everywhere (2013) to Kiss of Death (2025). Fade to Black (2014), Back in Black (2015), Red on the Inside (2015) and Beyond the Blue (2016) are among the titles. The series listed are Violet Darger, Scattered and the Dead, Victor Loshak Thriller, Awake in the Dark, Charlotte Winters and Shadows of Love.

L.V. Lane writes romance, and the catalogue counts 55 books from 2019 to 2026. Taking Control (2019) is listed first, with Complete Control, Deviant Control and Ruthless Control from the same year. Series credited to Lane include Coveted Prey, Controllers, Coveted by the Barbarian, Mate for the Alien Master, Coveted Fae, Coveted by the Centaur and Coveted by the Orc. Griffin Food (2026) is the newest title.

Lacey Black has 57 books in the catalogue, from 2014 to 2026. Trust Me and Fight Me date from 2014, and Boss Me, Expect Me, Promise Me and Protect Me from 2015. Series include Summer Sisters, Burgers and Brew Crue, Rivers Edge, Pine Village, Rockland Falls, Cooper Town Boys, Bound Together, Rigsby Brothers and Snowflake Falls. A Simple Regret (2026) is the newest title.

Lacey Carter Andersen has 150 books in the catalogue, from Beautiful Mistake (2017) to Court of Lust (2026). Consumed By Dragons, Eve Of Dragons and Her Alien Mates also date from 2017. Series include Monsters and Gargoyles, Otherworldly Mates, Mates Of The Realms: Immortals, Royal Fae Academy, Firehouse Feline, Taken By Shifters and Dragon Bonds. Lacey Carter Andersen is still publishing.

Between 2016 and 2021 Lacy Andersen published 26 catalogued books, from Medusa's Dagger (2016) to Dare You to Catfish the Hockey Player (2021). Rock Valley High, Sweet Mountain High Year 2, Monstrana, Dark Angel Wars, Faking Ever After, Snow Pines Sweet Christmas and Sweet Oak Teen Ranch are the seven series listed. Stephanie Street and Clover Clements are each credited alongside Andersen on one title. The average gap between titles is 0.2 years. The catalogue has been dormant since 2021.

Lacy Williams writes Christian romance and Christian historical fiction, with subjects that include marriage, arranged marriage, wagon trains and Oregon. The catalogue holds 90 books from Marrying Miss Marshal (2011) to Long Trail Home (2026). Series include Wind River Hearts, Cowboy Fairytales, Heart of Oklahoma, Wagon Train Matches, Snowbound in Sawyer Creek, Looking Back, Texas and Hometown Sweethearts. Rival (2013) appeared under the name Lacy Yager.

Royal biography is what Lady Colin Campbell is catalogued for. Diana in Private (1992), The Royal Marriages (1993), The Real Diana (2005), The Untold Life of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (2012) and Meghan and Harry (2020) run through the British monarchy, and the memoir A Life Worth Living (1997) and the novel Empress Bianca (2008) sit alongside them. Eleven titles open with Lady Colin Campbell's Guide to Being a Modern Lady (1986).

Laekan Zea Kemp has 13 books catalogued from 2012 to 2023. The listed series are Girl in Between, Omega Morales and Laekan Zea Kemp Standalone Novels. The Girl in Between (2012) is the first title, and Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet (2021) and Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza (2022) appear later. Subjects include children's fiction, Hispanic Americans, ghost stories and fantasy. An Appetite for Miracles (2023) is the newest.

Laila Ibrahim writes historical fiction about slavery, race relations and family in the southern United States. Eight books are catalogued, from Yellow Crocus (2010) to Falling Wisteria (2024), taking in Mustard Seed (2017), Paper Wife (2018), Golden Poppies (2020) and Scarlet Carnation (2022). The Freedman/Johnson series accounts for much of the run. Plantation life, women slaves, freed persons, mothers and daughters and female friendship carry the subject tags.

Lainey Davis is a romance author with 35 books catalogued from Hard Edge (2017) to Playing It Safe (2026). Stag Brothers, Brady Family, Bridges and Bitters, Oak Creek, Stone Creek University, Forging and Planted and Plowed are the series. A Stag Family Christmas (2018) is an early title, and The Botanist and the Billionaire, The Midwife and the Money and The Nerd and the Neighbor all appeared in 2019.

Laini Taylor

11 books• 3 series

Laini Taylor writes young adult fantasy. Daughter of Smoke and Bone (2011) and its sequels are her best known work, alongside Strange the Dreamer (2017) and Muse of Nightmares (2018), and Taylor has been a National Book Award finalist in Young People's Literature. The earlier Dreamdark books, starting with Blackbringer (2007), are children's fantasy. Fairies, magic and the supernatural fill the subject tags. The catalogue holds 11 titles and has been quiet since 2023.

Laird Barron

19 books• 4 series

Horror, noir and dark fantasy account for much of the writing of Laird Barron, an American author and poet born on 5 March 1970. Barron was managing editor of Melic Review, a now-defunct online literary magazine, and lives in Upstate New York. The catalogue lists 19 books from The Imago Sequence (2007) to Agate Way (2025), with short story collections, crime and missing persons among the subjects. Series are Isaiah Coleridge and the Nanashi Novellas. Other titles include The Croning (2012) and A Little Brown Book of Burials (2015).

Laird Hunt

13 books

Laird Hunt is an American writer, translator and academic, born April 3, 1968, in Singapore. The catalogue lists 13 books from The Impossibly (2001) to Float Up, Sing Down (2024). Titles in between include Indiana, Indiana (2003), Kind One (2012), Neverhome (2014), The Evening Road (2017) and In the House in the Dark of the Woods (2018). Recorded subjects include historical and psychological fiction, farm life and Indiana.

Lakita Wilson's catalogue is indexed under African Americans in juvenile literature, United States history in the 21st century, and United States presidents. Fifteen books are catalogued between 2020 and 2025, among them Michelle Obama (2020), Rosa Parks (2020), Thurgood Marshall (2020), Lizzo: Breakout Artist (2020) and What Is Black Lives Matter? (2021). Be Real, Macy Weaver (2022) and Pretty Girl County (2025) also carry the Wilson name. Wilson remains actively publishing.

Lamar Giles

13 books• 2 series

Lamar Giles is an American writer of young adult novels and short stories, born on November 14, 1979. Fake ID (2014) is the first of 14 catalogued books; Spin (2019) and Not So Pure and Simple (2020) are among the most popular. Giles also writes The Legendary Alston Boys, a middle-grade fantasy series, and the catalogue lists Star Wars: Bad Batch as well. Sanctuary (2025) is the latest release, with Say Less due in 2027. Giles is a founding member of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books.