E. S. L. Thompson (née, Elizabeth Shepherd Lamb; August 7, 1848 – April 25, 1944) was an American writer of prose and verse.

She was the author of the following songs: "Christmas by the Tennessee,” “Our Glorious Flag,” “Come Pledge Your Troth to Mine,” “The Price I Ask for Roses," "Indiana Wherever We Wander," “Slumber Sea,” “Along the Mohawk's Banks To-Night,” “Tell Me So," and "Love's Golden Days".

Her short stories were excellent examples of that division of literary work; they appeared in St. Nicholas, The Youth's Companion, Lippincott's, Harper's Young People, and other magazines of similar prominence.

She was the author of the following volumes of short stories: The Raising of the Sons of Wooley, and In the Land of the Banjo and the Fiddle.

As a playwright, the following plays are credited to her: Waiting For Her Cue, A Scion of Royalty, and The Fortune Teller and the Dwarf.