Alison Lurie
(1926-2020) Novelist. Alison Lurie was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Ithaca, New York. Her novel, “Foreign Affairs” won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1985.
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David L. Lander
(1947-2020) Actor, memoirist. David L. Lander was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Vicki Lee Lansky
(1942-2017) Author, publisher. Vicki Lee Lansky was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in Plymouth, Minnesota.
L. Arthur Larson
(1910-1993) Lawyer, author. L. Arthur Larson was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and died in Durham, North Carolina.
Scott Lilienfeld
(1960-2020) Psychologist, author. Scott Lilienfeld was born in Queens, New York, and died in Atlanta, Georgia.
Walter Lure
(1949-2020) Author. Walter Lure was born in Queens, New York, and died in Queens, New York.
Adeline Leitzbach
(1884-1968) Playwright, screenwriter. Adeline Leitzbach was born in Buffalo, New York. She often used the pseudonym Adeline Hendricks.
Cynthia Leonard
(1828-1908) Novelist. Cynthia Leonard was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in New Jersey.
Mabel Dodge Luhan
(1879-1962) Writer. Mabel Dodge Luhan was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Taos, New Mexico.
Kenneth Lewes
(1943-2020) Author. Kenneth Lewes was born in Charleston, West Virginia, and died in Manhattan, New York. He moved with his family to New York in 1947 and as a child lived in the Bronx, New York.