| 100% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 72% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 72% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 60% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 55% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author who wrote the novel "Ramona and Her Mother" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Cask of Amontillado": 3 wds. |
| 54% | HPLOVECRAFT | 11 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu": 3 wds. |
| 52% | JKROWLING | 9 | Children's author who wrote several novels as Robert Galbraith: 3 wds. |
| 52% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 51% | VIRGINIAWOOLF | 13 | "Mrs. Dalloway" author who also wrote children's stories, including "The Widow and the Parrot" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Children's author born March 20, 1937, who wrote the Newbery Medal-winning novel "The Giver" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | American author who wrote "A Perfect Life" and is currently the bestselling author alive: 2 wds. |
| 49% | SHEPERSISTED | 12 | Children's book written by 32-Across with the subtitle "13 American Women Who Changed the World" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | LUPITANYONGO | 12 | "12 Years a Slave" actress who wrote the children's book "Sulwe": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 47% | SIDNEYSHELDON | 13 | American author who wrote "If Tomorrow Comes", and won an Academy Award for "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GERTRUDESTEIN | 13 | "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" author who also wrote the children's book "The World Is Round" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 47% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 46% | CYNTHIAERIVO | 12 | "Harriet" actress who wrote the children's book "Remember to Dream, Ebere": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | "Ragtime" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 46% | WHOOPIGOLDBERG | 14 | "The View" co-host who wrote the children's book series "Sugar Plum Ballerinas" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author of "The Godfather" who also wrote the screenplay for 1978 film "Superman": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who wrote the children's book "The One and Only Sparkella": 2 wds. |
| 45% | OCTAVIASPENCER | 14 | "Hidden Figures" actress who wrote the children's book series "Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | American author of "The Grapes of Wrath" who also wrote the screenplay for "Viva Zapata!": 2 wds. |
| 45% | NSCOTTMOMADAY | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 1968's "House Made of Dawn": 3 wds. |
| 44% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | "Alias Grace" author who also wrote children's books, including "Up in the Tree" |
| 44% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |