| 100% | WALTERMOSLEY | 12 | 2019 Edgar Award-winning novelist born January 12, 1952 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Award-winning novelist and screenwriter who wrote 7-Down and 12-Down (2 wds.) |
| 39% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Novelist whose "The Testaments" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 39% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist whose "The Institute" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BRUCEDESILVA | 12 | Novelist whose "Rogue Island" won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2 wds.) |
| 38% | JASONMATTHEWS | 13 | Novelist whose "Red Sparrow" won the 2014 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2 wds.) |
| 37% | RICHARDPOWERS | 13 | Award-winning novelist of 18-Across and 44-Across (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HEISMANTROPHY | 13 | Award won by 15-/18-Across in December 2011: 2 wds. |
| 37% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 15-, 19-, 43-, and 52-Across: 2 wds. |
| 37% | ALEXBERENSON | 12 | Novelist whose "The Faithful Spy" won the 2007 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2 wds.) |
| 36% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Fiction award won by 18-/42-Across in 2015: 2 wds. |
| 36% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Prestigious award won in 2018 by "DAMN.": 2 wds. |
| 36% | RACHELCARSON | 12 | "Silent Spring" writer and namesake of the international environmental award won by 32-Across in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RICKRIORDAN | 11 | Novelist whose "The Trials of Apollo" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ANNEMCCAFFREY | 13 | Novelist who won a Nebula Award for "Dragonrider" (2 wds.) |
| 34% | SILVERSLUGGER | 13 | Hitting award won five times by 15-Across, including in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 33% | SILVERSLUGGER | 13 | NL batting award won by 14-Across in 2000, 2002, and 2003: 2 wds. |
| 33% | CHOI | 4 | Novelist Susan who won the 2019 National Book Award for "Trust Exercise" |
| 33% | SILVERSLUGGER | 13 | Batting award won four times by 17-Across and once by 39-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | SAMUELRDELANY | 13 | Novelist who won Nebula Awards for "Babel-17" and "The Einstein Intersection" (3 wds.) |
| 32% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 40-Across for 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SILVERMEDAL | 11 | Olympic award won twice by figure skater Elvis Stojko (2 wds.) |
| 32% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 18-Across for "Beloved" (2 wds.) |
| 31% | VIDEOVANGUARD | 13 | Achievement award won by 17-Across in 1987 (it was renamed in 1991 for Michael Jackson): 2 wds. |
| 31% | LINDACASTILLO | 13 | Daphne du Maurier Award-winning novelist known for her series of crime thrillers set in Amish Country (2 wds.) |
| 31% | PULITZERPRIZE | 13 | Award won by 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | WILLIAMSTYRON | 13 | Novelist who won the National Book Award for Fiction for 15-Across (2 wds.) |
| 30% | OLDTOWNROAD | 11 | 2019 song by 44-Across whose remix version with Billy Ray Cyrus won two Grammy Awards (3 wds.) |
| 30% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | African-American sci-fi novelist who won three consecutive Hugo Awards for Best Novel (3 wds.) |
| 30% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Award-winning writer, actor, and director born November 5, 1943 (2 wds.) |