List of novelists from the United States

This is a list of novelists from the United States. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

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• Anne Lamott
• Sidney Lanier (1842-1881)
• Nella Larsen (1891-1964), Quicksand and Passing.
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)
• Harper Lee (born 1926), To Kill a Mockingbird
• Murray Leinster (born 1896)
• J. T. LeRoy (born c.1980), Sarah, and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
• Ira Levin (born 1929)
• Steven Levy
• Alfred Henry Lewis
• Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), Arrowsmith, Elmer Gantry, and Main Street
• Jack London (1876-1916), The Sea Wolf
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
• Robert Ludlum (1927-2001)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870), The Hasheesh Eater