| 100% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 49% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JARED | 5 | "Guns, Germs, and Steel" author Diamond |
| 45% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ASSANGE | 7 | Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet" |
| 42% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 42% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 42% | STEEL | 5 | Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs, and ___: The Fates of Human Societies" |
| 42% | TRUMBO | 6 | Dalton —, author of the novels Eclipse and Johnny Got His Gun |
| 42% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | Author of 18-Across, 40-Across, and the National Book Award-winning "The 9-Down Maker" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SPOCK | 5 | Benjamin —, author of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care |
| 41% | BUCKERIDGE | 10 | Anthony —, author of the Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books |
| 41% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 41% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 41% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 40% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 40% | NATALIEDIAZ | 11 | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” |
| 40% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 39% | DAHL | 4 | Roald —, author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 39% | DAWKINS | 7 | Richard —, Kenya-born author of books The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion |
| 39% | LAHIRI | 6 | Jhumpa ___, author of the Pulitzer-winning "Interpreter of Maladies" |
| 39% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 38% | JOHNMONTAGUE | 12 | Author of volumes Drunken Sailor and Smashing the Piano; Ireland Chair of Poetry from 1998-2001 |
| 38% | JARED | 5 | "Guns, Germs, and Steel" writer Diamond |
| 38% | EANNIEPROULX | 12 | Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning author of “The Shipping News” (who later dropped her first initial) |
| 37% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 37% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| 37% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 37% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the Oz books |
| 37% | CIA | 3 | Subj. of the 2005 Pulitzer-winning book "Ghost Wars" |