Lillian White Spencer
LILLIAN WHITE SPENCER was an American poet, playwright, and writer who began her career as a journalist at the Denver Post. She married George Soule Spencer, an actor, and moved to New York City...
Lily C. Whitaker
LILY C. WHITAKER was an American educator, author, poet, and playwright. Whitaker grew up in an atmosphere of literature and culture; her father was the editor of Southern Quarterly and her mother...
Li Man-Kuei
LI MAN KUEI (李曼瑰) was a dramatist, teacher, and political figure. Originally a teacher, she worked and studied in the United States, and had posts at the Library of Congress and Columbia...
Liu Qingyun
LIU QINGYUN (刘清韵) was a Chinese playwright and poet. Born into a well-to-do family during the Qing Dynasty, Liu showed remarkable talent from a young age in painting, poetry, and linguistics. She...
Lorraine Hansberry
LORRAINE HANSBERRY was a playwright and activist. Born and raised in Chicago, Hansberry moved to New York City in 1950 to pursue her career as a writer. She landed in Harlem in 1951 and became...
Louisa Medina
LOUISA MEDINA was a U.S. playwright and poet who wrote approximately 34 melodramas, of which only 11 are extant. She is mainly known for adapting dramatic versions of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Last...
Louise Granberg
LOUISE GRANBERG was a playwright, translator, theatre director and novelist. Her sister was fellow playwright Jeanette Granberg. She started her dramatic career in 1849, translating and writing...
Loula Anagnostaki
LOULA ANAGNOSTAKI was a Greek writer and playwright. She was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1928 and earned a law degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She married author and...