| 100% | ELIE | 4 | "A Beggar in Jerusalem" author ___ Wiesel |
| 49% | URIS | 4 | A God in Ruins author |
| 48% | PROUST | 6 | Author in a stupor |
| 46% | AGEE | 4 | A Death in the Family author |
| 46% | BIO | 3 | Author's introduction in a book, briefly |
| 45% | HART | 4 | "Once in a Lifetime" author |
| 45% | AGEE | 4 | Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958 |
| 45% | BIO | 3 | Author's introduction in a book, for short |
| 45% | VERNE | 5 | "Five Weeks in a Balloon" author |
| 45% | POE | 3 | "MS. Found in a Bottle" author |
| 45% | REESE | 5 | “Whiskey in a Teacup” author Witherspoon |
| 44% | EAPOE | 5 | Author of "MS. Found in a Bottle," for short |
| 43% | RUSHDIE | 7 | A fatwa was issued for this author in late 80s |
| 43% | TYSON | 5 | "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry" author, 2017 |
| 42% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine |
| 42% | THORIUMWHITE | 12 | "The Sword in the Stone" author, to a chemist? |
| 42% | BIO | 3 | "About the author" section in a book, for short |
| 42% | REGINAHALL | 10 | She played a best-selling author in Girls Trip |
| 42% | DOME | 4 | ___ of the Rock, iconic shrine in Jerusalem which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| 41% | SUMAC | 5 | A poisonous plant in one direction, a French author in the other |
| 41% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author who wrote "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" |
| 41% | HESSE | 5 | "Siddhartha" author Hermann ___ who won a Nobel Prize in Literature |
| 41% | BYU | 3 | Western sch. with a campus in Jerusalem |
| 41% | ELIE | 4 | "A Jew Today" author Wiesel |
| 41% | BRONTE | 6 | Author with a first name in 20-A, 35-A or 53-A |
| 41% | AMIS | 4 | Author of "Time's Arrow," 1991, a novel written in reverse chronological order |
| 40% | STOWE | 5 | Best-selling author who was a neighbor of Twain in Hartford |
| 40% | LEFANU | 6 | J Sheridan —, author of 1872 story collection In a Glass Darkly |
| 40% | EDA | 3 | "Grandparenting in a Changing World" author LeShan |
| 40% | MAYLE | 5 | "A Year in Provence" author |