| 100% | ORR | 3 | Athlete who wrote "My Game" |
| 87% | PELE | 4 | Athlete who wrote the memoir "My Life and the Beautiful Game" |
| 64% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete who wrote "Off the Court" |
| 62% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete who wrote "A Hard Road to Glory" |
| 61% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete who wrote a history of African-American athletes |
| 61% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete who wrote the 1993 memoir “Days of Grace” |
| 61% | BROWNING | 8 | Poet who wrote My Last Duchess: Robert __ |
| 61% | BROWNING | 8 | Robert, poet who wrote My Last Duchess |
| 60% | KITDEWAAL | 9 | English author who wrote My Name Is Leon |
| 60% | PICOULT | 7 | Author Jodi, who wrote My Sister's Keeper |
| 57% | NEIL | 4 | ___ Jordan, who wrote "The Crying Game" |
| 56% | ARTIE | 5 | Shaw who wrote "Love of My Life" |
| 56% | OBAMA | 5 | Senator who wrote "Dreams From My Father" |
| 56% | WOUK | 4 | Herman who wrote "This Is My God" |
| 56% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote "Dreams From My Father" |
| 56% | MCCAIN | 6 | Senator who wrote "Faith of My Fathers" |
| 56% | WALT | 4 | Whitman who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" |
| 55% | LENO | 4 | TV host who wrote "Leading With My Chin" |
| 55% | LENO | 4 | Longtime host who wrote "Leading With My Chin" |
| 55% | BETTE | 5 | Greene who wrote "Summer of My German Soldier" |
| 55% | WALT | 4 | Poet Whitman who wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" |
| 55% | GEORGE | 6 | Beatle who wrote While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
| 54% | SARAH | 5 | Hymnist Adams, who wrote "Nearer, My God, to Thee" |
| 54% | DYLAN | 5 | Artist Bob, who wrote "Make You Feel My Love" |
| 54% | DEE | 3 | Brown who wrote "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" |
| 54% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 54% | OLYMPIAN | 8 | An athlete who has competed in the Olympic Games |
| 53% | SAL | 3 | Sports anchor Marchiano who wrote "In My Rear View Mirror" |
| 53% | HOYLE | 5 | Edmond who wrote a treatise on the game of whist |
| 53% | ASHE | 4 | Tennis legend who wrote a history of African-American athletes |