| 100% | SHEL | 4 | ___ Silverstein, the famed children's author who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 64% | SHEL | 4 | Author and cartoonist Silverstein who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 56% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 55% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author who wrote the novel "Ramona and Her Mother" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "Alias Grace" author who also wrote children's books, including "Up in the Tree" |
| 52% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 50% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 50% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree" |
| 50% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author referred to as "Stephen King of children's literature" who wrote the first book of the Goosebumps series in 1992 |
| 48% | LEE | 3 | Author Child who wrote the Jack Reacher series |
| 46% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Children's author born March 20, 1937, who wrote the Newbery Medal-winning novel "The Giver" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ESTES | 5 | Children's author Eleanor who wrote "The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee" |
| 45% | JKROWLING | 9 | Children's author who wrote several novels as Robert Galbraith: 3 wds. |
| 44% | VIRGINIAWOOLF | 13 | "Mrs. Dalloway" author who also wrote children's stories, including "The Widow and the Parrot" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GERTRUDESTEIN | 13 | "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" author who also wrote the children's book "The World Is Round" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SHEL | 4 | "The Giving Tree" author Silverstein |
| 43% | SHEL | 4 | “The Giving Tree” author Silverstein |
| 43% | MILNE | 5 | Children's author who wrote "A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly" |
| 43% | DAHL | 4 | Children's author Roald, who wrote Matilda |
| 43% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's author who wrote "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" |
| 43% | MILNE | 5 | Children's author who wrote "Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" |
| 43% | MILNE | 5 | Children's author who wrote "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day" |
| 42% | GIVING | 6 | Children's book by Shel Silverstein: The __ Tree |
| 42% | EGAN | 4 | Tim who writes the Dodsworth children's books |
| 42% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 42% | LINCARTER | 9 | Author who wrote the Thongor fantasy series |
| 41% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |