Emma Lazarus
(1849-1887) Poet. Emma Lazarus was born and lived near Union Square in Manhattan, New York.
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John Lennon
(1940-1980) Lyricist, poet. “Spaniard In The Works,” John Lennon lived in the Dakota, 72nd Street at Central Park West in Manhattan, New York.
Carolyn Paula Leigh
(1926-1983) Lyricist. “Peter Pan” (1954) was born, lived, and died in Manhattan.
Anna Harriet Leonowens
(c.1834-c.1914) Writer, tutor of the 67 children of the King of Siam. “The Romance of the Harem” (1873), moved to Staten Island and ran a school on Richmond Terrace in West New Brighton.
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
(1851-1926) Writer, editor. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop lived in Manhattan, New York, and died in Hawthorne, New York. She was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s daughter and was married to George Parsons Lathrop. Following her husband’s death, she became a nun and was known as Mother Mary Alphonsa.
Manfred Lee
(1905-1971) Novelist. Manfred Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote under the pseudonym, Ellery Queen, with his cousin Frederic Dannay. Mr. Lee lived in Mount Vernon, New York.
Maxwell “Max” Alan Lerner
(1902-1992) Writer, journalist. Max Lerner died in Manhattan, New York.
Laura Jean Libbey
(1862-1924) Novelist, writer. Laura Jean Libbey was born in and lived most of her life in Brooklyn, New York.
Richard Le Gallienne
(1866-1947) Writer, poet. “Volumes in Folio” (1889), lived in Woodstock.
Victor Lasky
(1918-1990) Journalist. “The New York World-Telegram”