Low-energy (5-40 eV) electron-stimulated desorption (ESD) of D (1 S-2) from amorphous D2O water films has been studied using laser resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopy. The D (1 S-2) desorption product has a similar to 6.5 +/- 0.3 eV threshold energy, relative to the vacuum level, and a low velocity distribution. ESD of electronically excited D (n greater than or equal to 2 S-2) was not detected using photoionization schemes. A small metastable (n greater than or equal to 2 P-2) desorption yield and/or emission of ultraviolet (UV) photons (hv greater than or equal to similar to 6 eV) was detected at incident electron energies >25 eV, using a multichannel plate detection technique. We attribute the ground state D desorption to exciton decay and associate the small metastable/UV photon emission yield with dissociation of doubly excited states and efficient autoionization.