| 100% | YANN | 4 | ___ Martel, Canadian writer known for his Booker Prize-winning novel "Life of Pi" |
| 44% | YANN | 4 | ___ Martel, author who won the Man Booker Prize in 2002 for "Life of Pi" |
| 42% | IAN | 3 | Writer/illustrator Falconer known for his "Olivia" series of children's books |
| 40% | DEFOE | 5 | Daniel —, English writer known for his novel about Robinson Crusoe |
| 40% | ZUSAK | 5 | Markus ___, Australian writer known for his international bestseller "The Book Thief" |
| 39% | YANNMARTEL | 10 | *Man Booker Prize winner for "Life of Pi" |
| 38% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 38% | IAN | 3 | ___ Fleming, best known for his James Bond series of spy novels |
| 38% | IAN | 3 | Writer Fleming known for his spy novels |
| 37% | KEN | 3 | ___ Follett, historical fiction author known for his novel "The Pillars of the Earth" |
| 36% | YANN | 4 | "Life of Pi" writer Martel |
| 36% | TONI | 4 | ___ Morrison, American writer known for her use of gothic themes in her acclaimed novel "Beloved" |
| 36% | JAMESBLISH | 10 | Sci-fi writer known for his "Cities in Flight" series and his "Star Trek" novels with 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JANEHARPER | 10 | 18-Across and 33-Across writer whose novel "The Dry" won the British Book Award for Crime & Thriller Book of the Year 2018 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | THEWHITETIGER | 13 | Booker Prize-winning début novel for Aravind Adiga |
| 35% | OHENRY | 6 | Writer known for his surprise endings |
| 35% | AESOP | 5 | Writer known for his anthropomorphic animal characters |
| 34% | 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% | PNIN | 4 | Novel for which Nabokov nabbed his first of seven National Book Award nominations |
| 34% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek writer known for his fables |
| 34% | YANN | 4 | Life of Pi author Martel |
| 34% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ McEwan who won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "Amsterdam" |
| 34% | CLARKE | 6 | Marcus —, author of 1874 novel For the Term of his Natural Life |
| 34% | THEOLDDEVILS | 12 | 1986 Booker Prize winning novel by Kingsley Amis |
| 33% | OHENRY | 6 | Short story writer known for his surprise endings |
| 33% | AESOP | 5 | Long-ago Greek writer known for his fables |
| 33% | ELIE | 4 | Nobel laureate ___ Wiesel known for his book "Night" |
| 33% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Known for his theory of relativity |
| 33% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 33% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |