List of Children's Literature Authors - D

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• Debbie Dadey - The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990) - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches, The BFG
• Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979) - The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, The Courage of Sarah Noble, The Silver Pencil
• Annie Dalton - Agent Angel series, Afterdark series
• Lucy Daniels - Animal Ark, Dolphin Diaries
• Paula Danziger (1944–2004) - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, Amber Brown series
• James Dashner - The 13th Reality series
• Alan Davidson - The Annabel books, Light, The Bewitching of Alison Allbright
• Stephen Mark Davies - The Sophie series
• Lavinia R. Davis (1909–1961) - The Wild Birthday Cake
• Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) - Heart (Cuore)
• Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987) - The Door in the Wall, Black Fox of Lorne, Bright April
• Terry Deary - The Fire Thief, Master Crook’s Crime Academy
• Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) - Robinson Crusoe
• Meindert DeJong (1906–1991) - The Wheel on the School, The House of Sixty Fathers
• Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) - The Three Mulla Mulgars, Songs of Childhood, Peacock Pie
• Dianne de Las Casas - The Cajun Cornbread Boy, There's a Dragon in the Library, The House That Witchy Built
• Silvana De Mari - The Last Dragon
• Kate DiCamillo - Because of Winn Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) - A Christmas Carol
• Peter Dickinson - The Changes trilogy, Tulku, City of Gold
• Anne Digby - Trebizon series
• Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) - The Brave Little Toaster, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
• Tony DiTerlizzi - The Spiderwick Chronicles, Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles
• Franklin W. Dixon - The Hardy Boys series
• Chris D'Lacey - The Fire Within series
• Lynley Dodd - Hairy Maclary, Slinky Malinki
• Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905) - Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
• Julia Donaldson - The Gruffalo, Monkey Puzzle, The Troll
• Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007) - The London Eye Mystery, Bog Child
• Debra Doyle - School of Wizardry, Knight's Wyrd
• Crescent Dragonwagon - Always, Always, Home Place, Half a Moon and One Whole Star
• Diane Duane - So You Want to Be a Wizard
• Tessa Duder - The Alex series
• William Pène du Bois (1916–1993) - The Twenty-One Balloons
• Lois Duncan - I Know What You Did Last Summer, A Gift of Magic
• Jeanne DuPrau - The Books of Ember series