| 100% | LOOS | 4 | Anita —, author of the novels No Mother to Guide Her and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| 85% | LOOS | 4 | Anita —, author of novels No Mother to Guide Her and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| 40% | GRAHAMSWIFT | 11 | Author of the novels Shuttlecock and Mothering Sunday |
| 39% | ILES | 4 | Greg —, author of the novels Dead Sleep and Sleep No More |
| 38% | LAHR | 4 | John —, author of the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot |
| 38% | RENDELL | 7 | Ruth —, author of the novels The Veiled One and Talking to Strange Men |
| 38% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 38% | STEPHEN | 7 | & 17A Author of the novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage |
| 37% | DESAI | 5 | Anita —, author of the novels In Custody and The Village by the Sea |
| 37% | STUART | 6 | Author of novels Flesh House and Close to the Bone |
| 36% | MANICKA | 7 | Rani —, author of novels The Rice Mother and Black Jack |
| 36% | WOOLF | 5 | Virginia —, author of novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse |
| 36% | LAHR | 4 | John —, author of novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot |
| 36% | BAINBRIDGE | 10 | Beryl —, late author of novels According to Queeney and The Dressmaker |
| 35% | NARAYAN | 7 | R K —, author of novels The Guide and The Painter of Signs |
| 35% | CRANE | 5 | Stephen —, author of novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage |
| 35% | JAMES | 5 | Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam |
| 35% | STERNE | 6 | Laurence —, author of nine-volume novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |
| 34% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of the novels Persuasion and Mansfield Park |
| 34% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | Author of the novels Finnegans Wake and Ulysses |
| 34% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | Author of the novels Giant and Ice Palace |
| 34% | CLARKE | 6 | Arthur C —, author of science fiction novels The Sands of Mars and Prelude to Space |
| 34% | GOLDSMITH | 9 | Oliver —, author of stage plays She Stoops to Conquer and The Good-Natur'd Man |
| 34% | SHOLEMASCH | 10 | Author of the novels Uncle Moses and The Nazarene |
| 34% | JOSEPHHELLER | 12 | Author of the novels Something Happened and God Knows |
| 34% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of the novels Angel Time, Violin and Merrick |
| 34% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of the novels Zero K, Libra and Underworld |
| 34% | IAINBANKS | 9 | Author of the novels The Business and The Wasp Factory |