List of Canadian Writers - L

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Name Lifetime Genre Notable works
Sonnet L'Abbé poet A Strange Relief, Killarnoe
Larissa Lai b. 1967 novelist When Fox Is a Thousand
Vincent Lam b. 1974 medical writer, novelist Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Tim Lander b. 1938 poet Street Heart Poems
Patrick Lane b. 1939 poet Poems, New and Selected
Annette Lapointe b. 1978 novelist Stolen
Evelyn Lau b. 1971 poet, novelist, memoirist Runaway: Diary of a Street Kid
Margaret Laurence 1926–1987 novelist The Stone Angel, The Diviners
Mary Lawson b. 1946 novelist Crow Lake
Irving Layton 1912–2006 poet A Wild Peculiar Joy
Jack Layton 1950–2011 non-fiction Homelessness: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis
Stephen Leacock 1869–1944 humorist Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Dennis Lee b. 1939 poet Garbage Delight, Alligator Pie, Civil Elegies
JJ Lee non-fiction The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit
Jen Sookfong Lee novelist The End of East
John B. Lee b. 1951 poet The Pig Dance Dreams, Variations on Herb
Nancy Lee b. 1970 short stories Dead Girls
Ronald Lee b. 1934 novelist Goddam Gypsy
Sky Lee b. 1952 short stories, novelist Disappearing Moon Cafe
Mark Leiren-Young b. 1962 playwright Blueprints from Space
Roger Lemelin 1919–1992 novelist, essayist The Town Below
John Lent 1948–2006 poet, novelist So it Won't Go Away
Douglas LePan 1914–1998 poet, novelist The Deserter
Norman Levine 1923–2005 short stories One Way Ticket, Thin Ice
Shar Levine b. 1953 children's science Extreme 3-D Weird Animals, Fun with Your Microscope
Naomi K. Lewis 1976– novelist & non-fiction Cricket in a Fist
Wyndham Lewis 1882–1957 novelist The Apes of God
Michael Lista b. 1983 poet Bloom
Jean Little b. 1932 novelist Mine for Keeps
Dorothy Livesay 1909–1996 poet Day and Night, Poems for People
Billie Livingston b.1965 novelist, short stories, poet Going Down Swinging, Cease to Blush, Greedy Little Eyes
Douglas Lochhead b. 1922 poet High Marsh Road, Shepherds Before Kings, The Millwood Road Poems
Malcolm Lowry 1909–1957 novelist Under the Volcano
Pat Lowther 1935–1975 poet Milk Stone, A Stone Diary
Pearl Luke b. 1958 novelist Burning Ground, Madame Zee
Janet Lunn b. 1928 children's literature The Root Cellar, The Hollow Tree
Annabel Lyon b. 1970 novels, short stories The Golden Mean
Eswyn Lyster 1923–2009 war brides, war author Most Excellent Citizens, A Bloody Miracle

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