who wrote lost

The answer depends on which “Lost” you mean, because several well‑known works share that title.

TV show “Lost”

If you mean the hit TV series Lost (the ABC drama about plane‑crash survivors on a mysterious island), it was created by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Jeffrey Lieber , with Lindelof and Carlton Cuse leading the writers’ room for most of its run. Abrams co‑wrote and directed the original pilot, then Lindelof and Cuse became the primary showrunners and key creative voices behind the later seasons.

Novel “Lost” by Michael Robotham

If you had the crime thriller in mind, Lost (sometimes titled The Drowning Man in some markets) is a novel by Michael Robotham , an Australian crime and psychological‑thriller author. It features Detective Inspector Vincent Ruiz, who wakes up injured, with missing memories, and must reconstruct what happened around the shooting of a case involving a missing child.

Novel “Lost” by Gregory Maguire

There is also a different novel titled Lost by Gregory Maguire , best known for Wicked. This 2001 book follows writer Winifred Rudge in a contemporary, ghost‑story‑tinged plot set largely in London, tied thematically to the idea of Ebenezer Scrooge and haunting.

If you tell which Lost you meant (TV show, Robotham’s thriller, or Maguire’s novel), more focused details can be added. Meta description:
Wondering who wrote Lost? The title applies to the TV show by J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Jeffrey Lieber, as well as novels by Michael Robotham and Gregory Maguire.