| 100% | BIERCE | 6 | Ambrose __, US wit and author of The New Decalogue |
| 52% | RAMDASS | 7 | LSD pioneer and author of the New Age classic “Be Here Now” |
| 46% | TOLLER | 6 | Ernst —, German author of the stage plays Hoppla, We're Alive and The Blind Goddess |
| 45% | NICOLEKRAUSS | 12 | US author of novels Great House and The History of Love |
| 44% | ISHIGURO | 8 | Kazuo —, author of novels The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans |
| 44% | JOHNRINGO | 9 | US author of novels Against the Tide and Live Free or Die |
| 44% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 43% | FAULKNER | 8 | William __, U.S. author of The Sound and the Fury |
| 43% | VIDAL | 5 | Gore —, US author of the novels Julian and Creation |
| 43% | MAGGIE | 6 | Nelson, academic and author of The Argonauts |
| 43% | BRO | 3 | Popular term of address among men in the US and New Zealand |
| 43% | CARLSAGAN | 9 | Cosmologist and author of The Dragons of Eden |
| 43% | FRANROSS | 8 | Comedy writer and author of the novel Oreo |
| 42% | HIAASEN | 7 | Carl —, US author of the novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy |
| 42% | ANNIEPROULX | 11 | Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Shipping News" and "Brokeback Mountain" |
| 42% | LAYAMON | 7 | 12th-century English poet and author of The Brut |
| 42% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 42% | HOMER | 5 | Author of the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad" |
| 42% | JAMES | 5 | Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam |
| 42% | ANDREWJACKSON | 13 | The 7th US president and hero of the battle of New Orleans was 1st to be targeted for assassination |
| 42% | JOHNB | 5 | With 65-Across, Irish writer and author of the quote |
| 42% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | Author of The Old Man and the Sea |
| 41% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the Decameron and “On Famous Women” |
| 41% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 41% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of the novels Persuasion and Mansfield Park |
| 41% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | Author of the novels Finnegans Wake and Ulysses |
| 41% | GRAHAMSWIFT | 11 | Author of the novels Shuttlecock and Mothering Sunday |
| 41% | ANYASETON | 9 | Author of the historical novels “Dragonwyck” and “Katherine” |
| 41% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | Author of the novels Giant and Ice Palace |