Authors of Historical Novels

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Oliver La Farge was an anthropologist who wrote nonfiction and contemporary and historical fiction about Native Americans; he died in 1963.

Deryn Lake is the author of a mystery series set in Georgian London. Website

Rosalind Laker is the author of romantic historical novels set in seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Website

Dewey Lambdin writes a series about naval warfare during the Napoleonic Wars.

Dinah Lampitt is a pen name used by Deryn Lake for historical fiction and time-travel romance novels.

Louis L'Amour wrote over 60 traditional Western adventure novels between 1953 and his death in 1988. Website

Mary Lancaster writes romantic historical novels set in various periods of European history. Website

Patrick Larkin writes contemporary and historical thrillers. Website

Sharon Lathan is the author of a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Website

Stephen Lawhead writes science-fiction, as well as historical and historical-fantasy novels set in medieval England and Celtic Britain. Website

Margaret Lawrence writes a literary mystery series set in post-Revolutionary America.

Tobsha Learner is a playwright and author of short stories and contemporary and historical novels. Website

Ross Leckie is a Scottish novelist who has written a trilogy about Hannibal and the Carthaginian Wars.

J. Ardian Lee writes a time-travel series about the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland. Website

Tanith Lee is the author of a novel set during the French Revolution. Website

John Leekley is a screenwriter and the author of a novel set during the U.S. Civil War.

Alan LeMay is best known for his novel The Searchers, set in the Old American West; he died in 1964.

Perry Lentz is the author of a novel set during the U.S. Civil War.

Simon Levack writes a mystery series set in Aztec Mexico. Website

Simon Leys is an essayist and the author of a novella about Napoleon. Website

Judith Lindbergh is the author of The Thrall's Tale, a novel set in Viking-age Greenland. Website

Rosina Lippi is the author of a historical novel set in Austria, as well as contemporary romantic comedies; under the pen name Sara Donati, she wrote a series of historical novels about a pioneering family in nineteenth century America. Website

David Liss writes contemporary and historical thrillers; his historical series is set in eighteenth century London. Website

Morgan Llywelyn is a prolific author of contemporary and historical fiction set in many periods of Irish history. Fan Website

Norah Lofts wrote historical novels under her own name and historical mysteries under the pen name Peter Curtis; she also wrote two novels under the pen name Juliet Astley; she died in 1983.

Antonia Logue is the author of Shadow-Box, set during World War I.

Kara Louise is the author of a romance novel based on characters from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, self-published through Lulu.com.

Robert Low is the author of a series about a group of Viking raiders. Website

Michael Lowenthal writes contemporary and historical fiction, including Charity Girl, set during World War I. Website

Jack Ludlow is a pen name used by David Donachie for a series set in ancient Rome.

Jonathan Lunn is the author of a series about an officer in the British Royal Navy.

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