Scholarly magazines
- Young, Ross B. 1955-
- Yourgrau, Barry
- Zagarenski, Pamela 1969(?)-
- Zahares, Wade
- Zahn, Timothy 1951-
- Zalben, Jane Breskin 1950–
- Zarin, Cynthia 1959-
- Zeises, Lara M. 1976- (Lola Douglas)
- Zelinsky, Paul O. 1953-
- Zemach, Kaethe 1958-
- Zevin, Gabrielle 1977-
- Zhang, Song Nan 1942–
- Ziefert, Harriet 1941-
- Zimmerman, Andrea 1950- (Andrea Griffing Zimmerman)
- Zimmerman, Naoma 1914-2004
- Zindel, Lizabeth
- Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner 1954–
- Zohorsky, Janet R. 1958-
- Zolkower, Edie Stoltz 1959–
- Zollars, Jaime