Authors whose first name starts with L, page 6 of 14

Leisha Kelly wrote Christian historical fiction. The Country Road Chronicles follow the Wortham family through the Depression, opening with Julia's Hope (2001) and continuing through Emma's Gift (2003), Katie's Dream (2004), Rorey's Secret (2005) and Rachel's Prayer (2006). A second sequence, published as L.A. Kelly, centres on Tahn Dorn in a medieval setting and holds Tahn (2005) and The Scarlet Trefoil (2007). Kelly's 11 catalogued books end with The House on Malcolm Street (2010), and the list is likely complete.

Leland P. Gamson writes children's picture books, including a line labelled Overtly Christian Children's. The catalogue holds 21 books from If Your Dog Were a Human (2014) to Malgrim's Gang Is Rescued (2026). Lokael: The Donkey Who Carried Jesus and Tamim: The Passover Lamb (both 2020) carry Bible themes, while Little Red Riding Wolf (2019) and The Pony Who Wanted To Be A Unicorn (2020) are animal stories. Pequeña Lobita Roja (2020) carries a Spanish title.

Lemony Snicket is the pen name of Daniel Handler, an American writer, musician and television producer born February 28, 1970. A Series of Unfortunate Events and All the Wrong Questions are the children's series published under the Snicket name. A Series of Unfortunate Events became a film in 2004 and a Netflix series that ran from 2017 to 2019. Handler publishes adult novels and a stage play under the real name. The catalogue records 33 books from The Bad Beginning (1999) to Poison for Breakfast (2021), with orphans, siblings and humorous stories among the subjects.

Len Deighton, born Leonard Cyril Deighton on 18 February 1929, was a British writer of spy novels, cookery books and history who died on 15 March 2026. After national service in the Royal Air Force, Deighton studied at Saint Martin's School of Art and at the Royal College of Art, graduating from the latter in 1955. Work as a book and magazine illustrator followed, including the cover of the first UK edition of On the Road, along with a spell in advertising. The catalogue lists 40 Deighton books, with The IPCRESS File (1962), Funeral in Berlin (1964) and Billion-Dollar Brain (1966) among them. Series include Harry Palmer and Bernard Samson.

Lena Diaz writes romantic suspense, with police procedurals, SWAT units, private investigators and Tennessee among the subjects. The catalogue lists 38 books from He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not (2011) to The Lawman's Deadly Bargain (2026). Series include Tennessee Cold Case, Tennessee SWAT, Deadly Games, Marshland Justice, Mighty McKenzies, EXIT Inc. and Mystic Lake Mystery. Simon Says Die (2012) and Tennessee Takedown (2014) are among the earlier titles.

Cozy mysteries built around cafés and psychics make up Lena Gregory's catalogue. Four series divide the 23 books: the Bay Island Psychic Mysteries, the All-Day Breakfast Café Mysteries, the Coffee & Cream Cafe Mysteries and the Mini-Meadows Mysteries. Death at First Sight (2016) opens the run and A Scoop of Deceit (2026) is the newest entry. Murder investigation, women psychics, fortune-tellers and New York fill the subject tags.

Lena Hendrix has 22 catalogued books published between 2021 and 2026, a pace of roughly five titles a year. The run opens with Finding You (2021), continues through Keeping You, Protecting You and Choosing You, and reaches In Full Bloom (2026). Chikalu Falls is the series recorded under her name. Hendrix is actively publishing.

Lena Little is credited on 256 books, all published from 2020 onward, with The Family Friend dated 2026. Daddy Next Door, Bossy Daddy, Daddy's Christmas and Italian Mafia Stalker are among the 2020 titles. Series by Lena Little include Yes, Daddy, Steamy Shorts, Possessive Man, Dad's Best Friend, Jealous Psycho, Conklin County Daddies and Virgins and Villains.

Lena Nelson Dooley writes Christian romance, much of it historical. The catalogue counts 27 books from Home to Her Heart (1993) through 2022. Lena Nelson Dooley series include Minnesota Brothers, McKenna's Daughters and Brides in the Colorado Rockies / Love's Road Home, alongside standalone novels and novellas. Faith, brothers and women teachers appear among the subjects. The newest entry is The Guard's Captive Bride / A Heart's Rescue.

Lene Kaaberbol writes fantasy for children as well as crime and detective fiction. Shamer titles include The Shamer's Daughter (2000), The Shamer's Signet (2001) and The Shamer's War (2003), part of the Shamer Chronicles. Kaaberbol also wrote W.I.T.C.H. Adventures books and the Wildwitch series. Nina Borg and Madeleine Karno are two more series, and The Considerate Killer (2013) is the last of 20 catalogued books, which start with Midnight (1994).

Lenora Bell writes historical Regency romance, most of it about dukes. Eleven catalogued books run from How the Duke Was Won (2016) to Can't Get Enough of the Duke (2026), and most of the titles name a duke outright. Disgraceful Dukes, School for Dukes, Wallflowers vs. Rogues and Thunderbolt Club are the series. Nobility, aristocracy, secrets and gambling recur as subjects, across novels of a median 373 pages.

Lenora Worth writes Christian and inspirational romance and romantic suspense, with 102 books catalogued from Carly's Song (1996) to Undercover in Amish Country (2025). Series include Men of Millbrook Lake, Amish Seasons, Pinecraft Seasons, Sunset Island, Driftwood Bay, Shadow Lake, Castles of Dallas and Brides of Blossom, Texas. Home Again (1997), The Wedding Quilt (1997), One Golden Christmas (2000) and Lacey's Retreat (2002) are among the earlier books. Texas and widows appear in the subjects.

Leo Frankowski (February 13, 1943 - December 25, 2008) was a Polish-American novelist working in science fiction. The Cross-Time Engineer (1986) opens a catalogue of 15 books, and Conrad Stargard and New Kashubia are the two series recorded under the name; Conrad Stargard is also listed as a character in the subject records. Time travel, space warfare, life on other planets, tanks and virtual reality fill out those subjects. The listing runs to Conrad's Last Campaign in 2014, six years after Frankowski's death.

Leo J. Maloney writes espionage and terrorism thrillers around Dan Morgan, a government operative introduced in Termination Orders (2011) and carried through Silent Assassin, Black Skies, Arch Enemy and Rogue Commander. The Alex Morgan Thriller series and the Dolan Sisters books extend the catalogue to 18 titles, the newest Enemy Action (2024).

Leo Kessler wrote war fiction set in World War II, with Germany, Russia, Africa and military campaigns among the catalogued subjects. The 81 books begin in 1974 with SS Panzer Battalion, Claws of Steel and Death's Head. Kessler's series include SS Wotan, Stormtroop Edelweiss, Otto Stahl, Black Cossacks, Submarine and Rommel. From Tyranny to Freedom (2008) is the last listed title, and Eric Taylor is co-credited on 1 book.

Leo Lionni

48 books• 1 series

Leo Lionni wrote and illustrated picture books for children. Born in the Netherlands, Lionni worked as an advertising art director and then at Fortune magazine in the United States before turning to children's books in the 1960s. The 48 titles catalogued span 1948 to 2021 at a median of 32 pages, and take in Inch by Inch (1960), Swimmy (1963) and Frederick (1967); Inch by Inch won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Mice, frogs, birds, colour and friendship recur across the list.

Leo Tolstoy

74 books• 3 series

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian writer, born Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy into an aristocratic family. Tolstoy's early reputation rested on the autobiographical trilogy of Childhood (1852), Boyhood (1854) and Youth (1856), and on The Sebastopol Sketches (1855), drawn from service in the Crimean War. War and Peace followed in 1867. The catalogue lists 74 Tolstoy titles in English, fables and short stories among them, with editions dated as late as 2020.

Leon Uris

18 books• 1 series

Leon Uris wrote historical fiction about war and about Jewish history. Battle Cry (1953) opens a catalogue of 18 books that holds Exodus (1958), Mila 18 (1961), Armageddon (1964), Topaz (1967), QB VII (1970) and Trinity (1976). The Marine Corps, the Second World War, emigration and Ireland run through the subjects, and the novels are long at a median 494 pages.

Between Sol's Solstice (2014) and Kittinir (2026), Leona Windwalker has published 32 catalogued books, every one credited to Windwalker alone. Eight series are recorded under the name: Mates of the Mylos, Urban Wolves, RSS Star Runner, Talani Trade Alliance, Hidden Nebula War, Ilyirzi Scions, Clan of the Forgotten Tundra, and Dragonii Hearts: The Mates of New Haven. Windwalker remains an active publisher, with the newest catalogued title dated 2026.

Leonard B. Scott writes war stories and espionage thrillers, with the Vietnam War, World War II, the Cambodian Civil War and the FBI among the catalogue subjects. Charlie Mike (1985) is the earliest of 10 catalogued books, followed by The Last Run (1987) and The Battle of Hill 875, Dak To, Vietnam 1967 (1988). The Expendables (1991), The Iron Men (1993) and Solemn Duty (1997) come later. Last Run carries a 2023 date.

Medical mysteries define Leonard Goldberg's fiction. His 21 books run from Transplant (1980) to A Scandalous Affair (2025) and divide between two main sequences: the Joanna Blalock novels, which put a forensic pathologist into Los Angeles murder cases, and the Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries. Standalones and the Dr. David Ballineau and Carolyn Ross books fill out the catalogue, which is still growing.

Leonard Sanders published 15 catalogued books between 1964 and 1996, starting with The Wooden Horseshoe (1964). The Clay Loomis series appears under the name. Titles include How Fort Worth Became The Texasmost City (1973), The Hamlet Warning (1976), Act of War (1982), Sonoma (1982), Fort Worth (1984) and Texas Noon (1988). Recorded subjects include the Second World War, New York, wine making, real estate and the petroleum industry. In the Valley of the Shadow (1996) is the last title.

Leonard Tourney writes historical mysteries set in England, and the catalogue names Joan Stock and Matthew Stock as fictitious characters. Other subjects include police, actors, dramatists and stalking victims. The series credited to Tourney are Joan & Matthew Stock, Mystery of Shakespeare and Doctor William Gilbert Mysteries. The 15 catalogued books begin with The Players' Boy Is Dead (1980) and include Low Treason (1983), The Bartholomew Fair Murders (1986), Witness of Bones (1992) and Falstaff's Murder (2015). Solomon's Gold (2023) is the newest.

Leonardo Padura is a Cuban writer, journalist and screenwriter, born in Havana in 1955. The Mario Conde detective novels are the best known work, opening with Havana Blue (1991) and running through Havana Gold (1994), Havana Red (1997), Havana Black (1998) and Havana Fever (2005). Ten titles are catalogued, among them The Man Who Loved Dogs (2009), published in Spanish as El hombre que amaba a los perros, and closing with The Transparency of Time (2021). Police investigation and Cuban social conditions carry the work.

Leonie Mack writes romance set in European cities. Eighteen books are catalogued between My Christmas Number One (2020) and Italy and Forever (2026), among them A Match Made in Venice (2021), Twenty-One Nights in Paris (2022), Berlin Calling (2023), Snow Days With You (2023) and A Wedding in the Sun (2024). Three series carry them: European City Breaks, Wedding Adventures and Head Over Wheels. Mack remains actively publishing.

Leonie Swann

5 books• 2 series

Leonie Swann writes two mystery series with unlikely detectives. Three Bags Full (2005) and Big Bad Wool (2009) are the Sheep Detective Stories, in which sheep investigate a murder. Miss Sharp Investigates follows, from The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp (2020) to Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For (2026). Five books are catalogued in total.

Leopold Borstinski is the author of three series: Alex Cohen, Lagotti Family and Jake Adkins PI. The catalogue counts 14 books between 2019 and 2023. The Bowery Slugger, Powder, The Heist and The Getaway were among the 2019 releases. Casino Chiseler, East Side Hustler and Midtown Huckster came out in 2020. I Confess (2023) is the newest title, and the catalogue is dormant.

Leroy A. Peters writes Christian historical fiction, most of it in the American West. Three mountain-man series carry the bulk of it, following Jonah Chamberlain, Jehosaphat Walsh and Isaiah Reinhardt, with the Saga of the Armstrong Brothers alongside. Joseph and Asenath (2008) opens the catalogue, with Egypt, clergy and Mississippi among the listed subjects. Output concentrates from 2021 onward, in titles such as Chosen Path, Home Of The Brave, In the Heart of the West and Land of the Free. 29 books are catalogued to Over The Horizon in 2026.

Les Dawson was an English comedian, actor, presenter and pianist who lived from 1931 to 1993. Dawson's comedy relied on a deadpan delivery, a grumpy persona, musical routines and jokes about a mother-in-law and wife. The catalogue lists 22 humour books from A Card For The Clubs (1974) to Laugh With Les (2013), including The Les Dawson Joke Book (1979), Les Dawson's Lancashire (1983) and Hitler Was My Mother In Law (1984).

Les Edgerton was an American author of twenty-three books, born in 1943 and died on 31 August 2023. Two of those books teach fiction writing: Finding Your Voice and Hooked, both from Writer's Digest Books. Edgerton also produced short stories, essays, articles and screenplays, and translations appeared in Japanese, German and Italian. The catalogue lists 16 books from The Death of Tarpons (1996) to Hard Times (2020), including Surviving Little League (2004), Just Like That (2011) and The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping (2014).

Les Roberts, born July 18, 1937, is an American mystery novelist and screenwriter. Milan Jacovich and Saxon are the recurring characters, and private investigators, Cleveland, Slovenian Americans and Los Angeles appear in the subjects. The catalogue holds 36 books from An Infinite Number of Monkeys (1987) to Sierra Bravo (2025), with Pepper Pike (1988) and Full Cleveland (1989) among the early titles. The Dominick Candiotti series, standalone novels and non-fiction complete the list.

Libby Sarjeant carries most of Lesley Cookman's catalogue, in a cozy mystery series opening with Murder in Steeple Martin (2006); the Alexandrians books sit beside it. Cookman also writes about pantomime, Writing a Pantomime (1998) is the earliest of 40 catalogued titles, How to Write a Pantomime (2007) followed, and scripts such as Cinderella and Queen of Hearts appear in between. Actresses, women private investigators, England and murder investigation fill the subject tags.

Lesley Crewe is a Canadian writer based in Nova Scotia. Families, sisters, family secrets, forgiveness and life on Cape Breton Island run through the fiction. Crewe's first book, Relative Happiness (2005), became a feature film that premiered in Toronto in 2015, and The Spoon Stealer (2020) won the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award at the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards before a Canada Reads longlisting in 2022. The catalogue holds 17 titles, taking in Shoot Me (2006), Ava Comes Home (2008), Kin (2012), Chloe Sparrow (2014) and Beholden (2018), and reaching The Spirit of Scatarie (2025).

Lesley Jones has 15 books in the catalogue, published from 2013 to 2025. The Lesley Jones series are Carnage, Saviour and Contradictions. Saving Ren (2013) is the first title, and The Story of Me and The Story of Us followed in 2014. Conviction and Marley came out in 2015, then Fading, Falling and The Letters in 2016. A Cowboy in Essex (2017) is a later title, and The Interview (2025) is the newest.

Lesley Kagen's catalogue opens with Whistling in the Dark (2007), the book that also names the series recorded here. Nine titles run through to Every Now and Then (2020), among them Land of a Hundred Wonders (2008), Tomorrow River (2010), Good Graces (2011), The Resurrection of Tess Blessing (2014) and The Mutual Admiration Society (2017). Subjects record sisters, girls, women journalists, family secrets, serial murders and psychological fiction, with Kentucky named among the settings.

Psychological suspense is Lesley Kara's form. The Rumor (2019) opens the catalogue, and Who Did You Tell? (2020), The Dare (2021), The Apartment Upstairs (2022) and The Other Tenant (2024) follow, several of them turning on neighbours and tenants. Six titles reach Troublemaker (2026), and Kara is listed as ongoing.

Lesley Livingston

16 books• 6 series

Lesley Livingston is a Canadian writer and actress. Sixteen books are catalogued between Wondrous Strange (2008) and Queen Among the Dead (2023), among them Darklight (2009), Tempestuous (2010), Starling (2012) and How To Curse In Hieroglyphics (2013). Livingston's series include Wondrous Strange, Starling, Valiant and Wiggins Weird. Recorded subjects include fairies, druids, Norse mythology, Celtic antiquities and the supernatural, in fantasy and children's fiction.

Lesley Pearse is a British novelist with global sales above 10 million copies. Pearse began writing at 35 and was first published at 48, and Georgia (1993) opens a catalogue of 34 books that reaches The Girl with the Suitcase (2025). Historical fiction set in England, female friendship, orphans and mothers and daughters run through the work. The autobiography The Long and Winding Road appeared in February 2024. Pearse lives in Devon.

Lesley Thomson writes crime fiction. The Detective's Daughter series follows Stella Darnell through cold cases in London, opening with The Detective's Daughter in 2013 and continuing through Ghost Girl (2014), The Detective's Secret (2015), The House With No Rooms (2016) and The Dog Walker (2017). Fathers and daughters, missing children and murder investigation are the recurring subjects. Fifteen titles run from Seven Miles From Sydney in 1987 to The Shrine in 2026. Thomson is a British novelist and a creative writing tutor at West Dean College.

Leslie Ann Budewitz writes mysteries with women sleuths, and her two series are the Food Lovers' Village Mystery and the Spice Shop Mystery. Montana, Seattle and family-owned businesses appear among the subjects. The 22 books open with Books, Crooks and Counselors (2011), and criminal law and crime writing are listed topics. Punning titles follow, such as Death Al Dente (2013) and Guilty as Cinnamon (2015), through Lavender Lies Bleeding (2025).

Leslie Charteris (12 May 1907 to 15 April 1993) was a British-Chinese writer of adventure fiction and a screenwriter, born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin. Charteris created Simon Templar, the hero known as The Saint, and the catalogue lists titles such as Enter the Saint (1930) and Alias the Saint (1931). The catalogue begins with X Esquire (1927) and also lists a Bill Kennedy series. Mystery, crime and espionage thrillers are among the subjects.

Leslie Chase is credited with 47 books from 2015 to 2026. Tiger's Hunt, Tiger's Claws and Tiger's Den all appeared in 2015, and Tiger's Heart followed in 2016 along with Karl, Lucas, Marcus and The Lion's Share. Chase series include Tiger's Sword, Dragons Of Mars, Crashland Colony, Romance Among the Stars, Guardian Bears, Lion Princes and Worldwalker Barbarians. Vacation with the Void Dragon (2026) is the newest listing.

Leslie Connor writes children's fiction, and the recorded subjects run to friendship, self-reliance, mothers, murder, Irish Americans, and emigration and immigration. Nine books carry the Connor credit, from Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel (2004) to Anybody Here Seen Frenchie? (2022), taking in Dead on Town Line (2005), Waiting for Normal (2008), Crunch (2010), The Things You Kiss Goodbye (2014), All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016), The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle (2018) and A Home for Goddesses and Dogs (2020). The median recorded length is 336 pages across five measured titles.

Leslie Ford is one of three pen names used by Zenith Jones Brown (1898-1983), an American crime writer who also worked in England; the others are David Frome and Brenda Conrad. The Leslie Ford catalogue holds 32 books dated 1931 to 1963, at a median of 183 pages, built mainly on the Colonel Primrose Mysteries, whose recurring pair are Grace Latham and John Primrose. Early titles include By the Watchman's Clock (1932), The Clue of the Judas Tree (1933) and Ill Met by Moonlight (1937). The 1940s is the heaviest decade, and Trial by Ambush (1963) closes the run.

Leslie Glass, born April 19, 1945, is an American author, playwright, journalist, philanthropist and filmmaker. Glass co-founded Reach Out Recovery, a nonprofit addiction recovery organization in the United States, with a daughter. The catalogue records 15 books from Getting Away With It (1976) to Sleeper (2010) and the April Woo series. Subject tags include policewomen, police procedurals, New York City and Chinese American women, and titles include Burning Time (1993), Judging Time (1998) and The Silent Bride (2002).

Leslie Gould writes Christian fiction, and subjects include the Amish and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Series include Courtships of Lancaster County, Neighbors of Lancaster County, Sisters of Lancaster County, Letters from Lancaster County, Cousins of the Dove, Plain Patterns and Amish Memories. The catalogue counts 41 books from Garden of Dreams (2003) to When They Met Again (2026), with Courting Cate (2012) among them. Subjects also include family life, friendship, gardening and Christian romance.

Leslie Karst writes culinary cozy mysteries. Eleven books are catalogued from 2016 to 2026 across two series, Sally Solari Mystery and Orchid Isle Mystery. Restaurant owners, murder investigation, family secrets and sustainable agriculture recur in the subjects. Dying for a Taste (2016) opens the catalogue, followed by A Measure of Murder (2018), Death al Fresco (2018), Murder from Scratch (2019), The Fragrance of Death (2022), Justice Is Served (2023), Molten Death (2024) and Waters of Destruction (2025), with Murder, Local Style arriving in 2026.

Female assassins and humour appear among the subjects of Leslie Langtry's fiction. The catalogue lists 57 books from 'Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy (2007) to Multitasking Murder (2026), and the series are Greatest Hits Mystery, Merry Wrath and Hanging Tree Tale. Guns Will Keep Us Together (2008), Stand by Your Hitman (2008) and I Shot You Babe (2009) are early titles. Single mothers and romantic suspense also appear in the subject tags.

Leslie Marmon Silko

11 books

Leslie Marmon Silko, born Leslie Marmon on March 5, 1948, is an American writer of Laguna Pueblo descent who lives in Tucson, Arizona. Critic Kenneth Lincoln named a Native American Renaissance, and Silko belongs to its First Wave. Honours for Silko include the Robert Kirsch Award (2020), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas (1994) and a MacArthur Foundation Grant in the program's first year, 1981. The 11 catalogued titles include Ceremony (1977), Storyteller (1980), Almanac of the Dead (1991) and Gardens in the Dunes (1999).

Leslie Meier's listed books run from 1991 to 2026, opening with Mistletoe Murder / Mail Order Murder and reaching Countdown to Christmas Murder. Meier's series are Lucy Stone and Carole and Poopsie Mystery. Lucy Stone appears in the subjects alongside women sleuths, reporters, librarians and Maine. Other titles include Tippy Toe Murder (1994), Trick or Treat Murder (1996), Back to School Murder (1997) and Turkey Day Murder (2000). Meier is still publishing.

Leslie North has 345 catalogued books, beginning in 2014 with titles such as Chosen By The Master and CEO's Pregnant Lover. The most recent listed release is How to Defy Your Boss (2026), and Hate at First Sip is scheduled for 2027. The Leslie North catalogue is organised into many series, among them Hartsville's SEAL Heroes, Windy Creek Romances, Rosso Family, Karzhov Crime Family, Wildhorse Ranch Brothers and Sharqi Sheikhs. Leslie North is still actively publishing.

Molly Masters anchors the longest-running series in Leslie O’Kane's catalogue, and women cartoonists, the greeting-cards industry and women detectives sit together in the subject list. Fax jokes run through the early titles: Death and Faxes and Just the Fax, Ma'am (1996), The Cold, Hard Fax (1998), The Fax of Life (1999) and When the Fax Lady Sings (2001). Allie Babcock Mystery, A Domestic Bliss Mystery, Life's Second Chances, the Body Shifters Trilogy and the Book Club Trilogy make six series. The 32 catalogued books end with Terrier Terror (2019), at a median of 288 pages.

Leslie Patricelli is an American writer and illustrator of board books for babies and toddlers, and of fiction for older children. The board books pair opposites and daily routines - Yummy Yucky (2003), Quiet Loud (2003), Big Little (2003), Baby Happy Baby Sad (2008), No No Yes Yes (2008) - with Potty and Toot! among her internationally recognised titles. Patricelli also wrote the Rizzlerunk Club series, including Best Buds Under Frogs and The Big Bad Lies, and illustrated the Mini Myth books. The catalogue holds 37 titles at a median of 26 pages.

Leslie Pike's catalogue holds 24 books published between 2015 and 2025, all credited to Leslie Pike. The Trouble With Eden and Wild In Paradise opened the run in 2015, and a Destiny sequence, Destiny Laughs, Destiny Plays, Destiny Shines and Destiny Dawns, is dated 2018 and 2019. Six series are recorded: Lyon Family, Santini, Swift, Love in Italy, Tennessee Sons and Easy Street. Southern Comfort (2025) is the newest listing, and Leslie Pike is still publishing.

Leslie Rule, born in 1958, is an American novelist, photographer, magazine writer and author of paranormal non-fiction, and the daughter of the true crime writer Ann Rule. Her ghost books make up most of a 10-title catalogue: Coast to Coast Ghosts (2001), Ghosts Among Us (2004), When the Ghost Screams (2006), Ghost in the Mirror (2008) and Haunted in America (2022). Where Angels Tread (2011) collects accounts of miracles, and A Tangled Web (2020) is a true crime account of a cyberstalking case.

The Leslie Stein listing holds 20 books from 1972 to 2025 across unrelated fields. Early titles are economics and social science works such as Economic Realities In Poor Countries (1972), Identity Formation In The Adopted Adolescent (1986) and Trade & Structural Change (1999). The Making of Modern Israel (2009) is a history title. The listing also includes the comics series Eye of the Majestic Creature, alongside a 2011 book of the same name. The Psychoanalysis of Dr. Seele (2025) is the newest title.

Leslie Tentler writes suspense and detective fiction built on serial murderers, criminals and FBI investigations. Two series are recorded: the Chasing Evil Trilogy and Rarity Cove. Midnight Caller (2011) opens the catalogue of eight books and Cold Season (2020) closes it, with Edge of Midnight (2012), Fallen (2014), Low Tide (2017) and In Dark Water (2019) in between. Washington, D.C. and radio talk show hosts are among the recorded subjects.

Leslie Thomas

38 books• 2 series

The Virgin Soldiers (1966) opens Leslie Thomas's catalogue and is the comic novel Thomas is best known for. Thomas (1931-2014) was a Welsh author, appointed OBE, with 38 catalogued books running to My World of Islands (2011). Two series are catalogued: Virgin Soldiers, continued in Onward Virgin Soldiers (1972), and Dangerous Davies. Military life, the British Army, the Second World War, islands and travel writing fill out the list, alongside Orange Wednesday (1967), Come To The War (1971) and Arthur McCann And All His Women (1974).

Leslie Wolfe writes thrillers in four series: Special Agent Tess Winnett, Detective Kay Sharp, Alex Hoffmann and Baxter and Holt. Executive (2011) opens the catalogue, and espionage, crime and psychological suspense are the recurring subjects. Thirty-five titles are catalogued, reaching Ransom in 2026.

Lester del Rey was the main pseudonym of Leonard Knapp (1915-1993), an American science fiction author and editor who wrote many books for the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series. His 45 catalogued titles open with the collection ...And Some Were Human (1948) and take in Marooned on Mars (1952), Rocket Jockey (1952), Attack from Atlantis (1953) and Battle on Mercury (1953, as Eric van Lhin). Space ships, space colonies, time travel and magic supply the subjects. Del Rey also worked as fantasy editor at Del Rey Books, the Ballantine imprint run by his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.