| 100% | TONI | 4 | ___ Morrison who wrote "The Bluest Eye" |
| 98% | TONI | 4 | Author Morrison who wrote "The Bluest Eye" |
| 76% | MORRISON | 8 | Wrote The Bluest Eye |
| 71% | TONI | 4 | The Bluest Eye author Morrison |
| 71% | TONI | 4 | The Bluest Eye author ___ Morrison |
| 70% | MORRISON | 8 | Toni who wrote Beloved and The Bluest Eye |
| 63% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who wrote, "No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind" |
| 63% | ODELL | 5 | Scott who wrote "Island of the Blue Dolphins" |
| 63% | ODELL | 5 | Scott who wrote ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' |
| 62% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who wrote, “I refuse the prison of ‘I’ and choose the open spaces of ‘we’ ” |
| 61% | KATIECOURIC | 11 | Former "Today" anchor who wrote the kids' book "The Blue Ribbon Day": 2 wds. |
| 61% | JAMESLEEBURKE | 13 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "The New Iberia Blues" (3 wds.) |
| 61% | TONI | 4 | "The Bluest Eye" novelist Morrison |
| 61% | TONI | 4 | "The Bluest Eye" author ___ Morrison |
| 61% | TONI | 4 | "The Bluest Eye" author Morrison |
| 61% | TONI | 4 | "The Bluest Eye" writer Morrison |
| 59% | TONI | 4 | "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved" author Morrison |
| 57% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who wrote "Beloved" |
| 57% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who wrote ''Beloved'' |
| 56% | ELLIOTACKERMAN | 14 | U.S. Marine Corps veteran who wrote the war novels "Green on Blue" and "Dark at the Crossings" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | KEN | 3 | Follett who wrote "Eye of the Needle" |
| 55% | FRANKSINATRA | 12 | Singer/actor known as "Ol’ Blue Eyes" who hosted the 35th Academy Awards in 1963 (2 wds.) |
| 54% | PLATO | 5 | Philosopher who wrote the "Republic" |
| 54% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Italian who wrote The Decameron |
| 54% | VIRGIL | 6 | Poet who wrote the Aeneid |
| 54% | LOIS | 4 | Lowry who wrote The Giver |
| 54% | AYN | 3 | Rand who wrote The Fountainhead |
| 54% | EUCLID | 6 | Mathematician who wrote the "Elements" |
| 53% | GIULIANI | 8 | Politician who wrote the book "Leadership" |
| 53% | OVID | 4 | Roman poet who wrote the "Metamorphoses" |