List of LGBT Writers - L

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• Selma Lagerlöf (1859–1940), Swedish author
• Lori L. Lake (b. 1960), American author
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English author, wrote The Rainbow (1915)
• Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes (b. 1968), Puerto Rican author, wrote Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails (2009)
• David Leavitt (b. 1961), American author, wrote The Lost Language of Cranes (1986)
• Konstantin Leontiev (1831–1891), conservative Russian writer, literary critic and philosopher
• Violette Leduc (1907–1972), French author, wrote La Batarde (1964) and Therese and Isabelle (1966)
• Sara Levi Calderón (b. 1942), Mexican author
• Vernon Lee (1856–1935), French author
• VG Lee (b.1949) English author, wrote 'The Comedienne'.
• Matthew G. Lewis (1775–1818), English author
• José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), Cuban author, wrote Paradiso (1966)
• Ali Liebegott (b. 1971), American author
• Earl Lind (1874-?), Was one of the earliest intersexed individuals to publish their own autobiography in the United States
• Audre Lorde (1934–1992), African American author of Grenadian parents, wrote Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (1982)
• Leah Elizabeth Lucas (b. 1992), American author of Cry Me a Novel, Amy, and Perfect.
• Elizabeth A. Lynn, American author, wrote the Chronicles of Tornor series and The Woman Who Loved the Moon.