| 100% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | Afrofuturist author who wrote "The World We Make" |
| 55% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author who wrote "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other" |
| 52% | TONICADEBAMBARA | 15 | Author who wrote, “The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality,” in “The Salt Eaters” |
| 52% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 52% | LINCARTER | 9 | Author who wrote the Thongor fantasy series |
| 51% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who wrote The Hobbit, J.R.R. __ |
| 50% | POE | 3 | Eerie author who wrote the first detective story |
| 49% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author who wrote Interview with the Vampire |
| 49% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 49% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who created the world of Middle Earth |
| 48% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 48% | LIONEL | 6 | Richie who wrote "We Are the World" with 10-/25-Down |
| 48% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 47% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author who wrote the novel "Ramona and Her Mother" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 47% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who wrote "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards" |
| 46% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 46% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 46% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 46% | EOINCOLFER | 10 | Best-selling author who wrote the eight books in the "Artemis Fowl" series: 2 wds. |
| 46% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 46% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | "Squeeze Me" author who wrote the novel that 49-Across is based on (2 wds.) |
| 46% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author who wrote "Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today" |
| 46% | ESTES | 5 | Best-selling author who wrote "Women Who Run With the Wolves" |
| 45% | EZRA | 4 | Journalist Klein who wrote the 2020 book "Why We're Polarized" |