| 100% | CUSSLER | 7 | Author Clive, who created the Dirk Pitt series |
| 48% | ANNE | 4 | Author Rice who created the vampire Lestat |
| 47% | REX | 3 | Author Stout who created the detective Nero Wolfe |
| 46% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who created the detective V.I. Warshawski |
| 46% | AYN | 3 | Author Rand who created the philosophical system called Objectivism |
| 46% | DUNHAM | 6 | Lena, US actress who created the series Girls |
| 46% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who created the OWN series "Queen Sugar" |
| 46% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who created the TV series "Queen Sugar" |
| 46% | LEE | 3 | Author Child who wrote the Jack Reacher series |
| 46% | DICKENS | 7 | Author who created the Artful Dodger |
| 45% | AVA | 3 | Director DuVernay who created the OWN series "Queen Sugar" |
| 45% | AVA | 3 | Director DuVernay who created the TV series "Queen Sugar" |
| 45% | IRV | 3 | Record producer Gotti who created the BET series "Tales" |
| 45% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | FLEMING | 7 | Author Ian who created the villains at 15-, 20-, and 37-Across |
| 45% | HAN | 3 | Novelist Jenny who created the "To All the Boys" series |
| 45% | SEARLE | 6 | English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series |
| 45% | ONO | 3 | Artist Yoko who created the "Wish Tree" art installation series |
| 44% | GARYLARSON | 10 | US cartoonist who created The Far Side series |
| 44% | VONNEGUT | 8 | Author who created the fatalistic optometrist Billy Pilgrim |
| 44% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who created the world of Middle Earth |
| 44% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who created the reality series "America's Next Top Model" |
| 43% | CREEL | 5 | Artist Walton ___ from Birmingham, Alabama who created the series "Deweaponizing the Gun" |
| 43% | NATION | 6 | Terry —, Welsh writer who created the Daleks for BBC TV series Dr Who |
| 43% | NATION | 6 | Terry —, Welsh writer who created the Daleks for BBC TV series Doctor Who |
| 43% | IAN | 3 | Author ___ Fleming who created the fictional spy James Bond |
| 42% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Novelist and former lawyer who created the "King and Maxwell" crime series (2 wds.) |
| 42% | AVA | 3 | DuVernay who created the OWN anthology series "Cherish the Day" |