Discover Authors with Last Names Beginning with “D”

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Chuck D, born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, is a renowned hip-hop...

Dave “Davey D” Cook is a renowned journalist, adjunct professor,...

Jeff Chang and Davey D

Jeff Chang and Davey D are renowned authors known for...

John Lewis and Michael D'Orso

Writer/Performer Dr. Derrick Gilbert, PhD, a/k/a poet D-Knowledge

Kamau Daa’ood

Kamau Daa’ood is a Los Angeles-based performance poet, educator, and...

Emma Dabiri, a BBC presenter and The Guardian contributor, is...

June Dade, a Northern Virginia native, is a certified computer...

Neely Daggett, artist and children's Book Author

Benita R. Dale, President of The Alliance for Cultural Enrichment, Inc. and Publisher of DIALOGUE

Ken Daley, Illustrator

Lashon Daley, PhD is a Professor, YA Writer, and Scholar

Sandy Daley, a versatile talent from Kingston, Jamaica, is an...

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Yrsa Daley-Ward is a poet, writer and speaker of mixed Jamaican and Nigerian heritage.

Angela Dalton, former video game producer turned award-winning author, is...

Niki Daly, born in 1946, is a renowned author and...

Nia Damali, owner of Medu Bookstore and a prominent figure...

DéLana R. A. Dameron

DéLana R. A. Dameronn is a renowned artist and storyteller,...

Colin Cloud Dance

Colin Cloud Dance is an acclaimed author known for his...

Daryl Cumber Dance

Dr. Daryl Cumber Dance is a Professor of English at...

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress

Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga is an award-winning author known for her novel,...

Charles Dangerfield

Cheryl McKissack Daniel

Cheryl McKissack Daniel is the award-winning president and CEO of McKissack & McKissack.

Mary-Alice Daniel

Mary-Alice Daniel is a Yale-educated poet recognized by Poet Laureate...

Dawn Marie Daniels

Dharius Daniels

Dr. Dharius Daniels, a renowned communicator, coach, and emotional intelligence...

James F. Daniels

James F. Daniels, author of 'Metamorphosis: From Cotton Picker to...

Jean Marie Wiesen and Rita Daniels

Jeffrey Daniels

Jeffrey Daniels is a renowned author, known for his insightful...

Jessica Daniels

Explore the award-winning essay by Read Daniels, recipient of the...

James Raymond Daniels, born 1956, is an American poet and...

Owen O. Daniels

Rita Daniels is the great-great-great grandniece of Harriet Tubman.

Rodney E. Daniels

Rodney E. Daniels, a native New Yorker from Queens, is...

Naomi Danis, a children's author based in New York, draws...

Chekwube Danladi

Chekwube Danladi, author of award-winning 'Semiotics', is a celebrated writer...

Meri Nana-Ama Danquah

Born in Ghana, Meri Nana-Ama Danquah moved to the U.S....

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian-born author, is renowned for her books...

Arthur C. Danto

Kinshasha Conwill and Arthur C. Danto

Kamel Daoud Algerian Author and Journalist

Norma Jean and Carole Darden

Rashid Darden, a renowned novelist, is celebrated for his trilogy...

Abi DarÃ©, a Nigerian-born author based in the UK, has...

J. Michael Dash

Professor J. Michael Dash, Author and Scholar of Francophone Caribbean literature

Sarah Dass is a Trinidadian author of young adult romance.

Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher

Kwame Alexander and Michael Datcher are acclaimed authors known for...

Michael Datcher

Michael Datcher, Author, Poet, Critic, and Journalist

Somaiya Daud, a PhD candidate at the University of Washington,...

Tomeka Farley Daugherty

Marlene Daut, a professor at Yale University, specializes in French...

Coretha Davenport

Coretha Davenport is an acclaimed author known for her powerful...

Donald Davenport

Dr. Donald Davenport, Author Pastor, Leader

Lalanii Wilson-Jones and Treavion Davenport

Lalanii Wilson-Jones is a Dallas-based entrepreneur involved in Home Health...

Author N.E. Davenport: Writer, reader, weaver of thrilling, wondrous, fantastical, and romantic worlds.

Author Nia Davenport: Writer, reader, weaver of thrilling, wondrous, fantastical, and romantic worlds.

Treavion Davenport

Treavion Davenport, also known as Trea â€œThe Storyteller,â€ is a...

Paul Davey, Illustrator and Digital Artist

Gabrielle David

Gabrielle David is a versatile artist, musician, writer, and publisher...

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Osha Gray Davidson

Osha Gray Davidson is a versatile author, writer, photographer, and...

Tommy Davidson is a successful TV, film, and standup comedian...

Carole Boyce Davies

Adrienne D. Davis

Akie F. Davis is a Houston-based writer and producer with...

Angela J. Davis

Angela Y. Davis

Angela Davis is a renowned American political activist, scholar, and...

Arthur P. Davis

Brandie Davis-White, a New York-based author, holds a BA in...

Bridgett M. Davis

Bridgett M. Davis is a Detroit-born author, professor, and filmmaker....

Charles A. Davis

Damien Echols and Lorri Davis

Bestselling author and visual artist Damien Echols, known for his...

@deandrawrites DeAndra Davis is a neurodivergent, Jamaican-American author.

Deborah Davis is an acclaimed author of seven non-fiction books,...

Delicia B. Davis

Edrea Davis is a multifaceted communications expert with experience in...

Frank Marshall Davis

Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987) was a renowned poet known for...

G. Haron Davis is a New York-born, Tennessee-raised writer based...

Geffrey Davis, an award-winning author and poet, is renowned for...

Jamila T. Davis

Jamila T. Davis, a former self-made millionaire and now motivational...

Jay Davis is a writer and illustrator

Jeanette Davis, a Summa Cum Laude graduate from Morgan State...

Joshua Clark Davis

Joshua Clark Davis, author, is an assistant professor of history at the University of Baltimore

Kenneth C. Davis

Lisa E. Davis is one of the nation’s foremost entertainment attorneys.

Marchánt Davis

Marchánt Davis is an actor, writer, and producer

Mariah Carey and Michaela angela Davis

Michaela angela Davis

Michaela angela Davis is a writer, creative director, producer, and image activist.

Miles Davis (1926-1991) was a transformative American jazz musician and...

Milton J. Davis

Milton Davis, an author and entrepreneur, fulfilled his dream of...

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Noah Davis, a Pennsylvania native, is a renowned author specializing...

Ondrea L. Davis

Robin Allison Davis

Robin Allison Davis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, writer, and producer based in Paris.

Roger Martin Davis

Roger Martin Davis, also known as Adisa Maina Omar, is...

Ross Gay and Noah Davis

Ross Gay and Noah Davis are acclaimed authors known for...

Shonda Nicole Davis

Tamiya Davis, a Virginia native, is a longshoreman, fashion entrepreneur,...

Tanita S. Davis

Tanita S. Davis, award-winning author of six novels for young...

Teri Ellen Cross Davis

Teri Ellen Cross Davis, award-winning author of 'Haint: poems', is...

Thulani Davis, Author, Journalist, Critic and Theater Artist

Tiffany M. Davis

Tiffany M. Davis, a self-proclaimed wordsmith, is known for her...

Tinesha Davis is an acclaimed author known for her emotional...

Townsend Davis is a New York-based writer and lawyer, known...

Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis

Viola Davis is an award-winning actress and producer recognized globally...

Damon DaVohn Hopkins, a Flint, MI native now living in...

Marguerite W. Davol

Marguerite W. Davol, a former teacher at Gorse Child Study...

Kwame Dawes, Poet, Novelist, Musician, Critic, Scholar

Neville Augustus Dawes (1926-1984), born in Nigeria to Jamaican parents,...

Tom Feelings and Kwame Dawes

Wayne Dawkins, a historian for the National Association of Black...

Pam Dawling is an expert in sustainable vegetable farming with...

Ebony Dawn, also known as Pat Ebron, is a Newark...

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Danyelle Dawson

Keila V. Dawson

Keila V. Dawson is a seasoned author with a diverse...

Rev. Dr. Sequola Dawson is the senior pastor of St. Mary African Methodist Episcopal Church.

Daniel R. Day, Fashion Icon

Deborah Day, Founder and CEO of Ashay by the Bay,...

Desiree Day is an accomplished author with a diverse professional...

Zuri Day is a successful author and hopeful romantic, known...

Michael I. Days

Michael I. Days was editor of the Philadelphia Daily News

Sion Dayson, an American writer and EFL teacher, has lived...

Terrance Dean, Speaker, Educator, Author, and Hip Hop Head

Christopheraaron Deanes

Christopheraaron Deanes is an artist and educator from Minneapolis, creating...

Virginia DeBerry

Sasha Debevec-McKenney

Sasha Debevec-McKenney, Poet

Roy DeCarava (1919-2009) was an American artist known for his...

Miriam Decosta-Willis

Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis is a renowned academic, holding degrees from...

Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee

Eric Deggans, Author, TV/Media Critic

J. C. Degraft-Johnson

Cayla Bellanger DeGroat

Cayla Bellanger DeGroat, a White Earth Band of Ojibwe member...

Monalisa DeGross

Dr. Joy DeGruy Author, Lecturer, and Consultant in the Area of Social Justice.

Stephanie Dehennin

Stephanie Dehennin is a prominent author known for her captivating...

A. Elizabeth Delany

Martin R. Delany

Martin Delany (1812-1885) was a pioneering African American abolitionist and...

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany, a renowned author of science fiction and...

Sarah L. Delany

Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany

Sarah Delany, the last of the Delany sisters, passed away...

Alix Delinois is an artist

Kiran H. J. Dellimore

Kiran Dellimore, a scientist, inventor, and author based in Utrecht,...

Mahisha Dellinger

Matthew F. Delmont

Matthew F. Delmont is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College.

Marva L. Deloach

Nora DeLoach (1940-2001), a mystery novelist and social worker, saw...

William G. Demas

William Demby was a prominent author born on December 25,...

Rodney L. Demery

Katherine Dempsey

Atlanta-born author Katherine Dempsey aims to illuminate Southern Gothic themes...

"Samson Dempsey, also known as 'Lucifer', 'Sammy D.', and 'The...

Carolyn C. Denard

Nkem Denchukwu, Author, Speaker, Filmmaker

Josuanne Denis-Frasier

LynnÃ©e Denise is a multi-talented artist, writer, and DJ. She...

Noa Denmon, Artist and Illustrator

Hayley Dennings

Nicole Dennis-Benn

Nicole Dennis-Benn, an acclaimed author and Lambda Literary Award winner,...

Julia Denos, author-illustrator of the 2016 ALA Notable selection 'Swatch:...

Tom Dent, Principle of the Black Arts Movement

Tembe Denton-Hurst

Tembe Denton-Hurst is a culture and beauty writer for New...

Natashia DeÃ³n is an NAACP Image Award nominee, attorney, professor,...

Tracy Deonn, a North Carolina-based writer and fangirl, combines her...

Elaine Deprince

Michaela and Elaine Deprince

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Michael Dequina

Michael Dequina, Film Critic

Betty DeRamus, Author, Award Winning Journalist

Terry DeRon, a dynamic writer with a unique writing style,...

Toi Derricotte is an award-winning poet and author, known for...

Kimberly Derting

Channelle Desamours

Channelle Desamours loves writing tales about magical Black girls.

Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond is a Harvard University sociology professor and author...

Lauren DeStefano

Lauren DeStefano is an author specializing in young adult and...

St. Clair Detrick-Jules

St. Clair Detrick-Jules is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, author, activist, and speaker.

John Patrick Deveney

Daya Devi-Doolin

Thomas Norman DeWolf

Author of 'Inheriting the Trade', explores his family's past as...

Angela M. Dews, a former journalist and public servant, now...

Souleymane Bachir Diagne

Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a philosophy professor and Director of...

Baba Wagué Diakité

Baba WaguÃ© DiakitÃ©, a Mali-born artist, found his roots in...

Briana Cole and De’nesha Diamond

Briana Cole and De’nesha Diamond are acclaimed authors known for...

Delaney Diamond

Delaney Diamond, a USA Today Bestselling author, pens sweet and...

De’nesha Diamond

Kiki Swinson and De’nesha Diamond

Kiki Swinson and De'nesha Diamond are renowned authors known for...

Patrick Diamond

Patrick Diamond, born in Frog Town, South Carolina, holds degrees...

Ozlem Sensoy and Robin Diangelo

Özlem Sensoy and Robin Diangelo are renowned authors and educators....

Robin DiAngelo, PhD, is a seasoned academic, author, and lecturer...

Marley Dias, Literary Activist and Author

Puerto Rican-born author Jaquira DÃaz's work, featured in Rolling Stone,...

Junot DÃaz, renowned for his debut novel “The Brief Wondrous...

Argentinian artist Maine Diaz, with a degree in Audiovisual Communications...

Natasha DÃaz is a freelance writer and producer with accolades...

Debra J. Dickerson

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Eric Jerome Dickey

Born and raised in Memphis, TN, the author graduated from...

Natalie Cole and Digby Diehl

Anita Doreen Diggs

Anita Doreen Diggs is a renowned editor, novelist, and lecturer,...

Taye Diggs, an award-winning actor recognized by the NAACP and...

Angel Dike is a lifelong reader and writer.

Khodi Dill, a Bahamian-Canadian writer, crafts various works from rap...

Bernard L. Dillard

Bernard L. Dillard, a North Carolina native, is a scholar...

Leo and Diane Dillon

Leo and Diane Dillon

Roy Simmons and Damon DiMarco

Evette Dionne, a black feminist writer and editor-in-chief of Bitch...

Boubacar Boris Diop

Boubacar Boris Diop is a renowned Senegalese novelist and screenwriter....

Cheikh Anta Diop

Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop, historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician

David Diop, born in 1966, is a renowned French-Senegalese author...

Reina Diosa, a graduate of Morgan State University in creative...

Sylviane A. Diouf

Kelly DiPucchio

Kelly DiPucchio is a bestselling children's author known for “Grace...

L. Divine is an award‑winning author of middle‑grade and YA novels under the Drama High and Keke McCoy Mysteries.

Athena Dixon, a Northeast Ohio native, is a renowned poet,...

Lucian W. Dixon

Melvin Dixon, a respected professor at Queens College, City University...

Phyllis R. Dixon

Phyllis R. Dixon, acclaimed author of notable works including Intermission...

Pat Tucker is an accomplished author writing under multiple pseudonyms,...

Sam Cornish and Lucian W. Dixon

Sam Cornish and Lucian W. Dixon are renowned authors known...

Scott Dixon is a fresh author focused on creating engaging...

Steven James Dixon

DK is an author who creates books to inspire curiosity...

Patricia Williams Dockery

Dr. Patricia Williams Dockery is a renowned writer, scholar-activist, and...

Angela P. Dodson

Angela P. Dodson: Editor, Writer, and Consultant

Howard Dodson is a renowned American scholar specializing in African-American...

Judy Allen Dodson

Judy Allen Dodson, Librarian, Archivist, and Children’s Book Author

Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson

Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson are journalists and are married to one another.

Calvin Broadus, known as Snoop Dogg, is a renowned rapper from Long Beach, California.

Zayd Ayers Dohrn

Jannette O. Domingo

Chloe Dominique

Chloe Dominique is a freelance illustrator and concept artist based in the UK.

David Santos Donaldson

David Santos Donaldson, born in Nassau, is an acclaimed playwright,...

Michelle Donice

Michelle Donice, an Indianapolis native, is an accomplished academic and...

Betty J. Dopson

Betty J. Dopson is a cultural activist, administrator, and organizer...

Katie Dorame, a Tongva artist of mixed Indigenous and European...

Darline Dorce-Coupet

Edwina Louise Dorch

Edwina Louise Dorch is a Ph.D. psychologist and minimalist artist...

Maurice W. Dorsey

Maurice W. Dorsey, Ph.D, Author, Businessman

The Black Dot, Writer, Author, Lecturer, and Emcee

Rashad Doucet is an Illustrator, Cartoonist, and Professor of Sequential Art

Barbara C. Harris with Kelly Brown Douglas

Barbara C. Harris and Kelly Brown Douglas are renowned authors...

Gabrielle Douglas

Gabrielle Douglas, Olympic Gymnast

Kelly Brown Douglas

The Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology

Mitchell L.H. Douglas

Simone Douglas, Illustrator

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), born into slavery, was an influential abolitionist...

Ryan Douglass is a queer author and poet

Patrick Denard Douthit

Patrick Denard Douthit aka

Molefi Kete Asante and Nah Dove

Molefi Kete Asante and Nah Dove are renowned authors known...

Nah Dorothy Dove, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Africology and African American Studies

Rita Dove, Award Winning Poet and Author

Alechia Dow is a former pastry chef, librarian, and author...

Candice Dow, a Baltimore native and alumna of the University...

Harold A. Dow is the co-founder of the dynamic entrepreneurial duo, The Dow Twins.

Arthur T. Downey

Arthur T. Downey, an accomplished lawyer, law professor, and diplomat,...

Antonio Michael Downing

Antonio Michael is the current host of the CBC Radio program The Next Chapter

Amazon Bestselling Author, Ms. Downlow, expertly balances her time between...

Samara Cole Doyon

Samara Cole Doyon is a second-generation Haitian American and Mainer,...

Crescent Dragonwagon

r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake

R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake are renowned authors, best...

Robert M. Drake

Robert M. Drake is a renowned American author celebrated for...

St. Clair Drake

Willis L. Drake

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Deborah Riley Draper

Sharon M. Draper

Sharon M. Draper, Award Winning Children's Book Author

Nikolas Draper-Ivey

Nikolas Draper-Ivey is an acclaimed comic artist and illustrator known...

Philip Dray, a Brooklyn-based author renowned for his award-winning books...

Wendell Pierce and Rod Dreher

Ain Heath Drew, a children's author from Detroit, now living...

Kimberly Drew, a.k.a. @museummammy, Writer, Curator, and Activist

Jackie Sibblies Drury

Jackie Sibblies Drury is a Brooklyn based playwright

Martin Duberman

Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois

Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois are renowned authors, known for...

Andrew DuBois, associate professor of English at University of Toronto...

Hisani P. Dubose

Hisani DuBose, Director, Filmmaker, Author, and Co-founder of the Movie Maker’s Network

Olivia Duchess is an illustrator and creator of picture books.

Phillip Thomas Duck

Phillip Thomas Duck is a distinguished author known for his...

Jackie Robinson and Alfred Duckett

Tananarive Due, American Book Award-winning author of nine books, holds...

Bill Campbell and Damian Duffy

Bill Campbell and Damian Duffy are renowned authors, best known...

Tiffany Dufu, author of Drop the Ball, is a prominent...

Linda A. Duggins

Linda A. Duggins, Publicist, Literary Activist

Author bio: “Samuel Adams is a renowned historian and professor...

K. Sello Duiker

South African novelist, Kabelo “Sello” Duiker, known for award-winning novels...

Bill Duke, Author, Actor, Director, Producer, and Activist

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas, famed French author of The Count of Monte...

Henry Dumas (1934-1968) was a celebrated writer and poet who...

Marti Dumas, Mother, Teacher, and Children’s Book Author

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Author, Professor, and Historian

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poet (1872–1906)

Polly Dunbar, a partially deaf author-illustrator from England, is renowned...

V. Brooks Dunbar

Dr. V. Brooks Dunbar is an Author, Conversationalist, and Coach

Alice Dunbar-Nelson

Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) was an acclaimed American journalist, political...

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is an Oklahoma-born author and activist known for...

Alice Faye Duncan

Alice Faye Duncan, Children’s Book Author and librarian

Lenny Duncan is a writer, speaker, and scholar focused on...

Monique Duncan an American author of Jamaican descent.

Patricia Duncan

Camille T. Dungy

Camille T. Dungy, Award Winning Poet

Tony Dungy, the first African American coach to lead the...

Naomi V. Dunsen-White

Naomi V. Dunsen-White is a children’s book author and editor...

Kia DuPree, a former English instructor, hails from a large...

David Anthony Durham

David Anthony Durham, born in 1969, is an award-winning author...

Dr. Hannah Durkin, a historian specializing in transatlantic slavery and...

Heidi W. Durrow

Bernard C. Turner and Michelle Duster

Michelle Duster

Michelle Duster is an esteemed author, speaker, and educator, famously...

Nicole Terez Dutton

Jasmine Walls and Teo DuVall

Teo DuVall is a queer Chicanx comic artist and illustrator

Ava DuVernay is an award-winning writer, producer, and director in...

Kwame Alexander with Cassidy Dyce

Deesha Dyer is an award-winning strategist and community organizer, known...

Leonard Freed and Michael Eric Dyson

Michael Eric Dyson

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Author, Professor, Radio Host

Mikki Kendall and A. D’Amico

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Alain D’Hooghe

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