| 100% | NOYES | 5 | Alfred —, English poet; author of 1940 novel The Last Man |
| 51% | DINOBUZZATI | 11 | Italian author of 1940 novel The Tartar Steppe |
| 51% | BUZZATI | 7 | Dino —, Italian author of 1940 novel The Tartar Steppe |
| 46% | HUGHLAURIE | 10 | English actor; author of 1996 novel The Gun Seller |
| 45% | TENNYSON | 8 | English poet Alfred who wrote The Lady of Shalott |
| 45% | FODEN | 5 | Giles —, author of 1998 novel The Last King of Scotland |
| 45% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Invisible Man": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LAYAMON | 7 | 12th-century English poet and author of The Brut |
| 44% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 43% | LEATHER | 7 | Stephen —, author of the novels Dead Men and Hot Blood |
| 43% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ENRIGHT | 7 | Anne —, author of 2007 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Gathering |
| 43% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 43% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 42% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of the novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 42% | DESAI | 5 | Kiran —, author of 2006 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss |
| 42% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 42% | RENDELL | 7 | Ruth —, author of the novels The Veiled One and Talking to Strange Men |
| 42% | EDWINACURRIE | 12 | Former MP for South Derbyshire; author of novels Chasing Men and The Ambassador |
| 42% | SCRUTON | 7 | Roger —, English philosopher; author of 2015 novel The Disappeared |
| 42% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 41% | MUSIL | 5 | Robert —, Austrian author of unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities |
| 40% | OLLIVANT | 8 | Alfred —, author of 1898 novel Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir |
| 40% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 40% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 40% | WALTERBESANT | 12 | Author of 1896 novel The Master Craftsman |
| 39% | IAN | 3 | English author ___ McEwan who won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "Amsterdam" |
| 39% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | Author of the 2005 novel "No Country for Old Men," which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BOWEN | 5 | Elizabeth —, author of novels The Last September and Eva Trout |