- Yashima, Taro (3 books, 3 awards)
- Yates, Elizabeth (2 books, 2 awards)
- Yee, Paul (1 book, 1 award)
- Yee, Wong Herbert (1 book, 1 award)
- Yelchin, Eugene (1 book, 1 award)
- Yep, Laurence (4 books, 5 awards)
- Yerxa, Leo (1 book, 1 award)
- Yolen, Jane (4 books, 4 awards)
- Yorinks, Arthur (1 book, 1 award)
- Young, Cybele (1 book, 1 award)
- Young, Ed (2 books, 4 awards)
- Young, Ella (2 books, 2 awards)
- Yue, Charlotte (1 book, 1 award)
- Yue, David (1 book, 1 award)
- Yum, Hyewon (2 books, 2 awards)
- Yumoto, Kazumi (1 book, 1 award)
- Zelinsky, Paul O. (2 books, 2 awards)
- Zemach, Harve (1 book, 1 award)
- Zemach, Margot (3 books, 3 awards)
- Zeman, Ludmila (1 book, 1 award)
- Zimmerman, Andrea (1 book, 1 award)
- Zindel, Paul (1 book, 1 award)