| 100% | SHELDON | 7 | American author Sidney ___ who wrote the "Midnight" series |
| 69% | TED | 3 | American author ___ Bell who wrote the Alexander Hawke novel series |
| 69% | PIKE | 4 | American author Christopher ___ who wrote the "Remember Me" book series |
| 68% | DAN | 3 | American author ___ Brown who wrote the Robert Langdon series of novels |
| 67% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 65% | LEE | 3 | Author Child who wrote the Jack Reacher series |
| 65% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 61% | HAN | 3 | Author Jenny who wrote the To All the Boys series |
| 60% | LINCARTER | 9 | Author who wrote the Thongor fantasy series |
| 55% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 54% | ROWLING | 7 | British author Joanne ___ who wrote the "Harry Potter" series |
| 54% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | American author who wrote "A Perfect Life" and is currently the bestselling author alive: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author of "The Godfather" who also wrote the screenplay for 1978 film "Superman": 2 wds. |
| 54% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | American author of "The Grapes of Wrath" who also wrote the screenplay for "Viva Zapata!": 2 wds. |
| 53% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 53% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 52% | MERCEDES | 8 | Lackey who wrote the Heralds of Valdemar series |
| 51% | PAINE | 5 | Author Thomas ___ who wrote "The American Crisis" |
| 51% | GALLICO | 7 | Author Paul who wrote The Poseidon Adventure |
| 51% | ROTH | 4 | Author Veronica who wrote the "Divergent" books |
| 51% | SIDNEYSHELDON | 13 | American author who wrote "If Tomorrow Comes", and won an Academy Award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer": 2 wds. |
| 51% | ANN | 3 | Martin who wrote the "Baby-Sitters Club" series |
| 51% | GRAFTON | 7 | Sue who wrote the so-called "alphabet series" |
| 51% | JANET | 5 | Evanovich who writes the "Stephanie Plum" mystery series |
| 51% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 50% | PLATH | 5 | Sylvia ___, American author who only wrote one novel, "The Bell Jar" |
| 50% | POE | 3 | Who wrote the line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 50% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the 2016 bestseller "The Obsession" |
| 50% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the new novel "Under Currents" |
| 50% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who wrote the V.I. Warshawski novels |