Editing List of fantasy authors (section)

== D ==
[[File:L. Sprague de Camp.png|thumb|L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp]]

* [[Roald Dahl]] (1916–1990), author of ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and ''[[James and the Giant Peach]]''
* [[James Dashner]], author of ''[[The Maze Runner]]''
* [[Avram Davidson]] (1923–1993), author of ''[[The Phoenix and the Mirror]]''
* [[Sylvia Day]] (born 1973), author of ''[[Bared to You]]''
* [[Adam James Dalton]] (born 1970), author of the ''Flesh & Bone Trilogy''
* [[Pamela Dean]] (born 1953), author of ''[[Tam Lin (novel)|Tam Lin]]''
* [[John DeChancie]] (born 1946), author of the ''[[Castle Perilous (series)|Castle Perilous]]'' series
* [[L. Sprague de Camp]] (1907–2000), author of ''[[The Compleat Enchanter]]'' & pasticheur of the ''[[Conan the Barbarian|Conan]]'' stories
* [[Alessandro Defilippi]]
* [[Michael de Larrabeiti]] (1934–2008), author of ''[[The Borrible Trilogy]]''
* [[Charles de Lint]] (born 1951), author of the ''[[Borderland (book series)|Borderland]]'' series
* [[Kathryn Deans]], author of ''Shimmer''
* [[Tom Deitz]] (1952–2009), author of the ''David Sullivan'' series
* [[Joseph Delaney]] (1945–2022), author of the ''[[Spook's]]'' series
* [[Samuel R. Delany]] (born 1942), author of the ''[[Return to Nevèrÿon (series)|Return to Nevèrÿon]]'' series
* [[Troy Denning]] (born 1958), author of ''[[Dark Sun]]'' (''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'') and ''[[Star Wars]]'' books
* [[Graham Diamond]] (born 1949), author of ''The Haven''
* [[Seth Dickinson]], author of ''[[The Traitor Baru Cormorant]]''
* [[Tony DiTerlizzi]] (born 1969) co-author of (with [[Holly Black]]) ''[[The Spiderwick Chronicles]]''
* [[Stephen R. Donaldson|Stephen Donaldson]] (born 1947), author of ''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]''
* [[Kevin Donoghue]] (born 1967), author of ''From The Devil We Came'', ''The Adventures of Robyn Nudd'', ''The Rise of Germania'' and ''Svengali Junior''
* [[Carole Nelson Douglas]] (1944–2021), author of the ''Sword and Circlet'', ''Taliswoman'', and ''Delilah Street'' series as well as ''[[Irene Adler]]'' Sherlockian suspense novels
* [[Sara Douglass]] (1957–2011), author of ''[[Wayfarer Redemption]]''
* [[Ann Downer]] (born 1960), author of the ''Spellkey'' series
* [[David Drake]] (born 1945), author of the [[Lord of the Isles series|''Lord of the Isles'' series]]
* [[Tobias Druitt]], author of ''[[Corydon and the Island of Monsters]]''
* [[Diane Duane]] (born 1952), author of the ''[[Young Wizards]]'' novels
* [[Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan]] (1933–2018), author of ''[[West of January]]''
* [[Brian Lee Durfee]], author of ''[[The Forgetting Moon]]''
* [[Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany|Lord Dunsany]] (1878–1957) (Edward Plunkett), author of ''[[The King of Elfland's Daughter]]''
* [[Jeanne DuPrau]] (born 1944), author of ''[[The City of Ember]]''
* [[David Anthony Durham]] (born 1969), author of ''[[Acacia: The War with the Mein]]''