| 100% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who had a cameo as Aunt June in the 1993 film "Poetic Justice" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was honored on a U.S. postage stamp in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "The Handmaid's Tale" writer who had a cameo as an Aunt in the Hulu adaptation of her novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | "Slaughterhouse-Five" writer who had a cameo as himself in the 1986 film "Back to School" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was awarded the 1991 Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) |
| 44% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | Civil rights icon and poet who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MAYAANGELOU | 11 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," 18-Across, and 31-Across writer whose image appears on the first coin in the American Women Quarters series (2 wds.) |
| 42% | PETERBENCHLEY | 13 | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 41% | ANGELOU | 7 | Writer of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| 39% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | "Bones" writer who had a cameo as a forensic anthropology professor on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 38% | MAYA | 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer Angelou |
| 37% | FANNIEFLAGG | 11 | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| 37% | SARASHEPARD | 11 | "Pretty Little Liars" writer who had two cameos as a news reporter on the TV adaptation of her series (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ANGELOU | 7 | Poet Maya who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 37% | MAYA | 4 | American poet ___ Angelou who authored "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 37% | MAYA | 4 | American poet Angelou who wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" |
| 36% | ANGELOU | 7 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, poet Maya __ |
| 36% | ANGELOU | 7 | Maya, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| 36% | ANGELOU | 7 | Maya, she wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| 35% | ERNIEHUDSON | 11 | Costar of 1984's "Ghostbusters" who had a cameo in the 2016 version: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FAYEDUNAWAY | 11 | Star of 1968's "The Thomas Crown Affair" who had a cameo in the 1999 version: 2 wds. |
| 34% | BRUCECAMPBELL | 13 | Star of 1981's "The Evil Dead" who had a post-credits cameo in the 2013 version: 2 wds. |
| 34% | MEGANCAVANAGH | 13 | Actress who sang "It Had to Be You" in a memorable bar scene in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | GAILSIMONE | 10 | Writer who had the longest tenure as a woman writing Wonder Woman comic books (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Pet Sematary" writer who had a cameo as a quiet loner named Bachman on a 2010 episode of "Sons of Anarchy" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | ANGELOU | 7 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" memoirist |
| 34% | ANGELOU | 7 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author |
| 33% | ANGELOU | 7 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" autobiographer Maya |
| 33% | MAYA | 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author Angelou |
| 33% | MAYA | 4 | "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author ___ Angelou |