A complete list of authors who have participated in the National Book Festival over the past 10 years.
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- Hope Larson
- Dorie McCullough Lawson
- Chang-rae Lee
- Li-Young Lee
- David Lehman
- Jim Lehrer
- Kate Lehrer
- Gail Carson Levine
- Philip Levine
- David Levithan
- Betsy Lewin
- John Lewis
- Josh Lewis
- Tom Lichtenheld
- Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
- Michael Lind
- Laura Lippman
- Letters About Literature
- Margot Livesey
- Loren Long
- Rafael López
- Lois Lowry
- Matt Luckhurst
- Mike Lupica