Marcia Davenport
(1903-1996) Biographer, novelist. Marcia Davenport was born in New York, and died in Monterey, California.
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Joy Davidman
(1915-1960) Poet, author. Joy Davidman was born in New York City and died in Oxford, England.
Dola de Jong
(1911-2003) Author. Dola de Jong was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and died in Laguna Woods, California.
Anna de Koven
(1862-1953) Novelist, historian. Anna de Koven lived with her husband in Irving Place, New York.
Lillian de la Torre
(1902-1993) Author. Lillian de la Torre was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Sigrid de Lima
(1921-1999) Novelist. Sigrid de Lima was born in New York City and died in Nyack, New York.
Avram Davidson
(1923-1993) Novelist. Avram Davidson was born in Yonkers, New York, and died in Bremerton, Washington.
Howard Roscoe Driggs
(1873-1963) Professor, novelist, author, editor. Howard R. Driggs was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, and died in Bayside, New York.
Amram Ducovny
(1927-2003) Novelist, playwright. Amram Ducovny was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Paris, France.
John Donovan
(1928-1992) Novelist, playwright. John Donovan was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, and died in Manhattan, New York. He worked for St. Martin’s Press, and, in 1976 he was the executive director of the Children’s Book Council.