| 100% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | 18-Across and 29-Across writer whose novel "Ninth House" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy (2 wds.) |
| 64% | GABRIELLEZEVIN | 14 | 16-Across and 28-Across writer whose novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" won the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 62% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Novelist whose "The Testaments" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 62% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist whose "The Institute" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror (2 wds.) |
| 58% | 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.) |
| 58% | RICKRIORDAN | 11 | Novelist whose "The Trials of Apollo" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2 wds.) |
| 54% | SALLYROONEY | 11 | Novelist whose "Beautiful World, Where Are You" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 53% | EMILYHENRY | 10 | 18-Across, 26-Across, and 35-Across novelist who won the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance (2 wds.) |
| 53% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 52% | MICHELLEZAUNER | 14 | Singer whose memoir "Crying in H Mart" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RULEOFWOLVES | 12 | Novel by 40-Across that won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (3 wds.) |
| 52% | RICKRIORDAN | 11 | Novelist whose "Daughter of the Deep" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2 wds.) |
| 51% | PAULAHAWKINS | 12 | Novelist whose "Into the Water" won a 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller (2 wds.) |
| 51% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | 15-Across and 33-Across writer who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel "Trust Exercise" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Novelist whose "Truly Madly Guilty" won a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 48% | JULIANFELLOWES | 14 | 18-Across and 44-Across writer/creator who won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Gosford Park" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | LAURENGRAHAM | 12 | Actress whose "Talking as Fast as I Can" won a 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Humor (2 wds.) |
| 48% | PIERCEBROWN | 11 | Novelist whose "Morning Star" won a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 48% | HILLARYCLINTON | 14 | Politician whose "What Happened" won a 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Memoir & Autobiography (2 wds.) |
| 47% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist whose "End of Watch" won a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Mystery & Thriller (2 wds.) |
| 47% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 46% | SPINNINGSILVER | 14 | 2019 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel winner by 27-Across that's loosely based on the tale of "Rumpelstiltskin" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | 15-Across and 47-Across writer who won the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Good Lord Bird" (2 wds.) |
| 46% | THEAMERICANS | 12 | Spy drama starring 17-Across and 41-Across that won the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Drama (2 wds.) |
| 46% | SEANANMCGUIRE | 13 | Writer whose "Middlegame" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KRISTENBELL | 11 | "The Good Place" actress who won the People's Choice Award for Comedy TV Star of 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 45% | BRUCEDESILVA | 12 | Novelist whose "Rogue Island" won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2 wds.) |