| 100% | WILLIAM | 7 | ___ Faulkner, author of "The Sound and the Fury" who once wrote the entire outline to a novel on his office walls |
| 34% | FAULKNER | 8 | William __, U.S. author of The Sound and the Fury |
| 34% | BUKOWSKI | 8 | Charles —, author of the novels Ham on Rye and Post Office |
| 33% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 32% | BARSTOW | 7 | Stan —, author of novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore |
| 31% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 31% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Alabaman who wrote the Best Novel of the Century, according to a 1999 Library Journal poll |
| 31% | EGON | 4 | Spengler of the Ghostbusters series who once tried to drill a hole in his own head |
| 31% | FORD | 4 | Actor Harrison of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," who proposed to his wife Calista Flockhart on a Valentine's weekend |
| 31% | DRFREUD | 7 | Nameplate the person who wrote "The Ego and the Id" in 1923 likely had on his office door |
| 30% | GOD | 3 | "To a ___ Unknown," novel by American author John Steinbeck about the relationship of a man to his land |
| 30% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 30% | BRUCECHATWIN | 12 | Author of novels Utz and On the Black Hill |
| 30% | BYATT | 5 | A S —, author of the novels Still Life and The Virgin in the Garden |
| 30% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 29% | SHUTE | 5 | Nevil —, author of the novels On the Beach and Beyond the Black Stump |
| 29% | LBJ | 3 | Pres. who was older bother to Sam Houston and was born on a ranch on the banks of the Pedernales River (abbr.) |
| 29% | TOM | 3 | ___ Brady, NFL quarterback who suffered a major knee injury and went on to become the Comeback Player of the Year in 2009 |
| 29% | MASON | 5 | A E W —, author of the novels The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers |
| 29% | LEY | 3 | Writer Willy who wrote "The Conquest of Space" ('49) and for whom a crater is named on the far side of the moon |
| 29% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 29% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 29% | TRUMBO | 6 | Dalton —, author of the novels Eclipse and Johnny Got His Gun |
| 29% | DAN | 3 | American author ___ Brown who wrote the Robert Langdon series of novels |
| 29% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of the novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 29% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 29% | KYLETURLEY | 10 | Former NFL lineman who played for the St. Louis Rams who went on to form a self-titled band and establish his own record label: 2 wds. |
| 29% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 29% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 29% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |