List of Fantasy Authors - L

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• Mercedes Lackey, (born 1950) author of the Velgarth/Valdemar novels
• R.A. Lafferty, (1914–2002)
• Sterling E. Lanier, (1927–2007)
• Josh Lanyon
• Rick Law, (born 1969)
• Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950)
• Tanith Lee, (born 1947) author of the Tales from the Flat Earth series
• Lee Yeongdo, (born 1972) author of the Dragon Raja
• Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929) author of the Earthsea novels
• Fritz Leiber, (1910–1992) author of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
• Valery Leith, (born 1968) pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan
• Madeleine L'Engle, (1918–2007) author of A Wrinkle in Time
• C.S. Lewis, (1898–1963) author of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters
• Astrid Lindgren, (1907–2002), author of Pippi Longstocking
• Megan Lindholm, (born 1952) pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Robin Hobb
• David Lindsay, (1876–1945)
• Jane Lindskold, author of the Firekeeper saga
• Holly Lisle, (born 1960) author of The Secret Texts and Korre series
  • Ian Livingstone, (co)author of many Fighting Fantasy books
• Massimo Lo Jacono
• H. P. Lovecraft, (1890–1937) author of the Cthulhu mythos stories
• Helen Lowe, author of the Heir of Night series
• Lois Lowry, (born 1937) author of The Giver and Gathering Blue
• Elizabeth A. Lynn
• Scott Lynch, (born 1978) author of The Gentleman Bastard sequence