| 100% | FLAVIA | 6 | ___ Bujor, "The Prophecy of the Stones" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 75% | HINTON | 6 | Susan Eloise ___, "The Outsiders" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 63% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 60% | GORDON | 6 | ___ Korman, "This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 45% | BRET | 4 | ___ Easton Ellis, "Less Than Zero" author who published his first book while he was still a student |
| 44% | ALEC | 4 | ___ Greven, "How To Talk to Girls" author who published his first book at the age of 9 |
| 42% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 40% | NAOMIKLEIN | 10 | Author who described her book “Doppelganger” as being about “the horror of the society that flips fascist from within” (September, 2023) |
| 40% | PARTON | 6 | Artist who released her first-ever rock album, "Rockstar," a year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| 39% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | The first book of them was published |
| 38% | OPRAH | 5 | Her first book club choice was "The Deep End of the Ocean" |
| 36% | JOJOSIWA | 8 | She was a member of the first same-sex dancing partnership on Dancing With the Stars |
| 36% | ZSA | 3 | When repeated, a Hollywood star who was the sister of Eva Gabor |
| 35% | VANNA | 5 | With 30-Across, "Wheel of Fortune" co-host who didn't win any prizes when she was a contestant on "The Price Is Right" |
| 35% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Classic author who was the subject of a 1952 film musical |
| 35% | MARGARET | 8 | ___ Fuller, writer of the Transcendentalism era who is known for her book "Summer on the Lakes" |
| 35% | ELLEN | 5 | Broidy who was a co-organizer of the first gay pride march |
| 35% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | 13-Across and 25-Across writer who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature, for her 1920 novel "The Age of Innocence" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | MARY | 4 | Queen who inherited the throne of Scotland when she was six days old |
| 34% | PERES | 5 | Israeli president who was the author of 11 books |
| 34% | MEANY | 5 | George who was the first president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. |
| 34% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 34% | ARCHIEANDREWS | 13 | The primary protagonist of the "Riverdale" TV series, a redheaded teen who is played by KJ Apa: 2 wds |
| 34% | EANNIEPROULX | 12 | Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning author of “The Shipping News” (who later dropped her first initial) |
| 34% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SAKI | 4 | Author who famously ended a short story with the line "Romance at short notice was her specialty" |
| 34% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 34% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Noted writer who married his first cousin when she was 13 |
| 34% | MARLEYDIAS | 10 | Young American activist and feminist who launched a book drive campaign called 1000BlackGirlBooks when she was just 11: 2 wds. |