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- David Dabydeen (born 1955), novelist and critic
- Charlotte Dacre (wrote as Rosa Matilda, 1782–1841), novelist and poet
- Roald Dahl (1916–1990), children's writer
- William Dakins (died 1607), scholar, AV translator and cleric
- Andrew Dalby (born 1947), writer on languages and food
- Celia Dale (1912–2011), novelist
- Penny Dale (born 1954), children's writer and illustrator
- Thomas Dale (1797–1870), poet, theologian and cleric
- Robert Charles Dallas (1756–1824), writer, translator and judge
- Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828), novelist and sculptor
- William Dampier (1651–1715), travel writer and buccaneer
- William Danby (1752–1833), scholar and philosopher
- Clemence Dane (real name Winifred Ashton, 1888–1965), novelist and playwright
- Samuel Daniel (1562–1619), poet and historian
- Sarah Daniels (born 1957), playwright
- Alicia D'Anvers (1688–1725), poet
- Ella D'Arcy (c. 1856–1939), novelist and translator
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, On the Origin of Species
- Emma Darwin (born 1964), novelist
- Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), natural historian and poet
- Florence Henrietta Darwin (1863/4 – 1920), playwright
- Elizabeth Daryush (born Bridges, 1887–1977), poet
- George Webbe Dasent (1817–1896), writer and translator
- Rana Dasgupta (born 1972), novelist
- William Davenant (1606–1668), poet and playwright
- Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639), playwright and poet
- Selina Davenport (1779–1859), novelist
- C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942), Buddhist scholar and translator
- Lionel Davidson (1922–2009), novelist, The Night of Wenceslas
- Donald Davie (1922–1995), poet and critic
- Caitlin Davies (born 1964), novelist and journalist
- Hunter Davies (born 1936), writer, biographer and ghost writer
- Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984), poet and novelist
- John Davies (c. 1565–1618), poet and satirist
- John Davies (1569–1626), poet and lawyer
- Linda Davies (born 1963), novelist
- Peter Ho Davies (born 1966), novelist
- John Davis or Davys (c. 1543–1605), writer and navigator
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949), novelist
- Ann Davison (1914–1992), travel writer
- Humphry Davy (1778–1829), writer, chemist and inventor
- Richard Dawkins (born 1941), ethologist and science writer, The God Delusion
- Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959), novelist, poet and soldier
- Jennifer Dawson (1929–2000), novelist
- Jill Dawson (fl. 1984–present), poet, novelist and editor
- William James Dawson (1854–1928), poet and religious writer
- James Wentworth Day (1899–1983), countryside writer and broadcaster
- Jeffery Day (1896–1918), poet
- John Day (1574 – c. 1640), playwright The Parliament of Bees
- Martin Day (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter, Dr. Who spinoffs
- Thomas Day (1748–1789), children's writer and educationalist
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), Poet Laureate, translator and novelist
- Tamasin Day-Lewis (born 1953), food writer and broadcaster
- April De Angelis (born 1960), playwright
- Louis de Bernières (born 1954), novelist, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Alain de Botton (born 1969), writer, novelist and essayist
- Walter de la Mare (early pen name Walter Ramal, 1873–1956), poet and novelist
- Michael de Larrabeiti (1934–2008), novelist and travel writer, The Borrible Trilogy
- William De Morgan (1839–1917), novelist and potter
- Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859), essayist and critic, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Hugh de Selincourt (1878–1951), writer and journalist
- Aubrey de Sélincourt (1894–1962), classical scholar, translator and children's writer
- Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 1953), novelist, poet and autobiographer
- Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford (1550–1604), playwright, poet and courtier
- William Frederick Deacon (1799–1844), writer and journalist
- Roger Deakin (1943–2006), writer on the countryside
- Ellen Dean (living), novelist and broadcaster
- Nick Dear (born 1955), playwright and screenwriter
- Geoffrey Dearmer (1893–1996), poet
- Percy Dearmer, (1867–1936), reformer and cleric, The Parson's Handbook
- John Dee (1527–1608/9), mathematician, occultist and political economist
- Denise Deegan (born 1952), novelist, screenwriter and playwright, Daisy Pulls It Off
- Warwick Deeping (1877–1950), novelist and story writer, Sorrell and Son
- Daniel Defoe (c. 1659–1731), novelist and pamphleteer, Robinson Crusoe
- Paul Dehn (1912–1976), screenwriter and playwright
- Len Deighton (born 1929), military historian, cookery writer and novelist, The Ipcress File
- Thomas Dekker (1572–1632), playwright
- E. M. Delafield (1890–1943), novelist
- Michael De-la-Noy (1934–2002), writer and journalist
- Mary Delany (born Mary Granville), (1700–1788), letter writer, artist and bluestocking
- R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972), novelist and playwright, A Horseman Riding By
- Ethel M. Dell (1881–1939), novelist
- Thomas Deloney (1553–1600), balladeer and novelist
- John Denham (1614/15 – 1669), poet
- Felix Dennis (born 1947), poet and publisher
- George Dennis (1814–1898), writer and explorer
- John Dennis (1657–1734), critic and playwright
- Nigel Dennis (1912–1989), writer, novelist and playwright
- Colin Dexter (born 1930), novelist, Inspector Morse novels
- Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (born 1974), novelist and journalist
- William Diaper (1685–1717), poet and translator
- Charles Dibdin (c. 1745–1814), playwright, poet and songwriter
- Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), bibliographer
- Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841), playwright and songwriter
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870), novelist, David Copperfield
- Monica Dickens (1915–1992), novelist and children's writer
- Anne Hepple Dickinson (pen name Anne Hepple, 1877–1959), novelist
- Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862–1932), historian and political activist
- John Dickinson (born 1962), YA novelist
- Patric Dickinson (1914–1994), poet, translator and playwright
- Peter Dickinson (born 1927), novelist, children's writer and poet
- Kenelm Digby (1603–1665), natural philosopher
- Leonard Digges (1588–1635), poet and translator
- Francis Dillingham (died 1625), scholar, AV translator and cleric
- Wentworth Dillon, earl of Roscommon (1630–1685), poet, critic and translator
- John Disney (1677–1729/30), writer on moral reform, and cleric
- John Disney (1746–1816), religious writer, biographer and Unitarian minister
- Jenny Diski (born 1947), novelist and essayist, Rainforest
- Isaac D'Israeli (1766–1848), essayist
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), novelist and statesman
- Henry Hall Dixon (1822–1870), writer
- Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900), poet and church historian
- William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879), historian, biographer and travel writer
- Sydney Thompson Dobell (1824–1874), poet and critic
- Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), poet and essayist
- William Dodd (1729–1777), writer, cleric and forger
- John Doddridge (1555–1628), writer, antiquary and judge
- Philip Doddridge (1702–1751), religious writer and hymn writer
- George Bubb Dodington (1691–1792), politician, poet and diarist
- Robert Dodsley (1704–1764), poet, writer and bookseller
- Christina Dodwell (born 1951), travel writer
- Berlie Doherty (born 1943), children's writer, poet and dramatist
- Paul C. Doherty (several pen names, born 1946), novelist
- Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867), poet
- Alfred Domett (1811–1887), poet and statesman
- Angus Donald (born 1965), novelist
- Julia Donaldson (born 1948), children's writer and playwright, The Gruffalo
- John Donne (1572–1631), poet and cleric
- Desmond Donnelly (1920–1974), writer, journalist and politician
- Eleanor Doorly (1880–1950), children's writer
- Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870), political writer, playwright and songwriter
- Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), novelist, children's writer and hymn writer
- Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), poet, writer and traveller, Travels in Arabia Deserta
- Louise Doughty (born 1963), novelist and playwright
- Keith Douglas (1920–1944), poet
- Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), poet
- Norman Douglas (1868–1952), novelist, South Wind
- Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007), novelist, anthologist and children's writer, Bog Child
- Andrew Downes (c. 1549–1628), scholar, AV translator and cleric
- Jenny Downham (born 1964), novelist
- Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), poet and story writer
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), novelist and author of Sherlock Holmes
- Richard Doyle (born 1948), novelist, Flood
- Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888), poet
- Margaret Drabble (born 1939), novelist and critic, The Millstone
- Phil Drabble (1914–2007), writer and broadcaster
- Judith Drake (fl. 1696–1707), essayist
- Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician
- Nick Drake (born 1961), poet and novelist
- Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823–1894), writer and nun
- Michael Drayton (1563–1631), poet
- John Drinkwater (1882–1937), poet and playwright
- Henry Drummond (1786–1860), religious writer, politician and banker
- John Dryden, (1631–1700) poet and playwright, Absalom and Achitophel
- Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), novelist, Rebecca
- George du Maurier (1834–1896), cartoonist and novelist, Trilby
- Edward Dubois (1774–1850), wit and man of letters
- Stephen Duck (c. 1705–1756), poet and cleric
- Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944), poet and author
- Ernest Dudley (real name Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, 1908–2006), novelist, screenwriter and actor
- Lord Dufferin (1826–1902), writer and explorer
- Charles Duff (1894–1966), language-book writer, translator and satirist
- Maureen Duffy (born 1933), poet, screenwriter and novelist
- Stella Duffy (born 1963), novelist and playwright
- William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary
- Alfred Duggan (1903–1964), historical writer and novelist
- Ian Duhig (born 1954), poet
- Richard Duke (1658–1711), poet and cleric
- Ashley Dukes (1885–1959), playwright and critic
- Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977), medical writer and pathologist
- Sarah Dunant (born 1950), writer and novelist
- John Duncombe (1729–1786), poet and cleric
- William Duncombe (1690–1769), translator and playwright
- Roderic Dunkerley (1884–1966), religious writer
- Helen Dunmore (born 1952), poet, novelist and children's writer,
- Antony Dunn (born 1973), poet and playwright
- Nell Dunn (born 1936), novelist and playwright, Poor Cow
- James Duport (1606–1679), scholar and cleric
- John Duport (died 1617), scholar, AV translator and cleric
- Mortimer Durand (1850–1924), novelist, travel writer and diplomat
- Thomas D'Urfey (1653–1723), playwright and poet, Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy
- Raymond Durgnat (1932–2002), film critic
- Edith Durham (1863–1944), travel writer
- Gerald Durrell (1925–1995), naturalist and author, My Family and Other Animals
- Lawrence Durrell (1921–1990), novelist and poet, The Alexandria Quartet
- John Dunton (1659–1733), writer, bookseller and pamphleteer
- Edward Dyer (1543–1607), poet and courtier
- Geoff Dyer (born 1958), writer
- George Dyer (1755–1841), scholar and poet
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