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- Gasparino Damata (1918-198?), Brazilian author
- Herbert Daniel (1946–1992), Brazilian author
- Tanya Davis, Canadian poet
- Samuel R. Delany (b. 1942), African American author, wrote Dhalgren (a Gaylactic Spectrum Hall of Fame inductee), The Motion of Light in Water (1988), and Dark Reflections (2007)
- Terri de la Peña (b. 1947), Chicana author
- A.M. Dellamonica Author of Indigo Springs
- Carmen de Monteflores, Puerto Rican author, wrote Cantando bajito/Singing Softly (1989)
- Augusto D'Halmar (1882–1950), Chilean author
- Emily Dickinson (1830–1886), American poet
- Thomas Disch, American author, wrote On Wings of Song (1979).
- Farzana Doctor, Canadian novelist
- John Donne (1572–1631), English poet
- José Donoso (1925–1996), Chilean author, wrote Hell Has No Limits (1966)
- H.D., born Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961), American poet
- William Jay Dotinga, (1970–present), American author
- Alfred Douglas, Lord, (1870–1945), English poet
- Norman Douglas (1868–1952), Scottish-Austrian author
- Peter Dubé, Canadian novelist and short story writer
- Maureen Duffy (b. 1933), English author
- Robert Duncan (1919–1988), American poet
- Kristyn Dunnion (b. 1969), Canadian novelist and short story writer
- Elana Dykewomon (b. 1949), American author
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