| 100% | VIET | 4 | ___ Than Nguyen (Pulitzer-winning author of “The Sympathizer”) |
| 82% | VIET | 4 | ___ Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer-winning author of "The Sympathizer" |
| 66% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning author of the quote |
| 66% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of The Goldfinch |
| 65% | NATALIEDIAZ | 11 | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” |
| 63% | LAHIRI | 6 | Jhumpa ___, author of the Pulitzer-winning "Interpreter of Maladies" |
| 61% | COLSON | 6 | ___ Whitehead, author of the 2017 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Underground Railroad" |
| 61% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 60% | JAMESAGEE | 9 | Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family |
| 60% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit from the Goon Squad" |
| 60% | DOERR | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “All the Light We Cannot See” |
| 59% | VIETTHANHNGUYEN | 15 | Pulitzer-winning writer of “The Sympathizer” |
| 58% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “The Goldfinch” |
| 57% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, Pulitzer-winning author of The Black Prince |
| 57% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Pulitzer-winning author of “The Night Watchman” |
| 55% | CRUZ | 4 | Nilo —, author of 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama-winning stage play Anna in the Tropics |
| 54% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "The Keepers of the House" |
| 53% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the line "There is no one alive who is you-er than you" |
| 53% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 53% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "A Visit From the Goon Squad" |
| 53% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 53% | AVI | 3 | Newbery-winning author of the "Crispin" series |
| 52% | STUDSTERKEL | 11 | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| 52% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon —, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy |
| 51% | TARTT | 5 | Author who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 50% | KELLI | 5 | ___ Stanley, award-winning author of the Miranda Corbie mystery-thriller series |
| 49% | HAROLDPINTER | 12 | British author of "The Birthday Party" who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 49% | ROBINSON | 8 | Marilynne —, author of 2004 novel Gilead; winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |