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- Jack Dann (born 1945), USA/Australia, anthologist, consulting editor for Tor Books
- Peter Darvill-Evans (born 1954) UK, editor of Doctor Who novels
- Ellen Datlow (born 1949), USA, anthologist and fiction editor at Omni / Event Horizon and Sci Fiction (2000–2005)
- Avram Davidson (1923–1993), USA, writer, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1962–1964)
- Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943–1986), USA, editor, co-founded Del Rey Books, edited Stellar original anthology series (1974–1981); won Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor posthumously (declined)
- Lester del Rey (1915–1993), USA, author, co-founded Del Rey Books, edited Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (1972–1976)
- Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), USA, writer and critic, edited the anthology series Quark with Marilyn Hacker
- August Derleth (1909–1971), USA, noted anthologist and founder of Arkham House
- T. E. Dikty (1920–1991), USA, edited the first "Best of the Year" anthology series (1949–1957); founder, publisher & editor, Starmont Books
- Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008), USA, edited various New Wave anthologies as Bad Moon Rising: An Anthology of Political Forebodings
- Tom Doherty (born 1936), USA, founder and publisher of Tor Books
- Candas Jane Dorsey, (born 1952), Canada, editor/publisher, Tesseracts Books for a number of years
- John R. Douglas, USA, editor for Pocket Books, Avon, and HarperCollins
- Gardner Dozois (born 1947), USA, premier "Best of the Year" anthologist; multiple award-winning editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1984–2004)
- L. Timmel Duchamp, (born 1950), USA, editor/publisher, Aqueduct Press, Seattle
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