·L is not part of the name one is known by, thus the writer wrote under a pseudonym/heteronym/etc.
·Writer of humor, *some* verse, one posthumous play published well after his demise, and known for fiction
·Born before 1900 and dead as a doorknob.
·Lived north of the equatorial line, west of the prime meridian
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·You weren't an artist, but were you known for your sketches?