| 100% | VIDAL | 5 | Author of "Burr" and "Lincoln" |
| 68% | SAGAN | 5 | Author of ''Cosmos'' and ''Comet'' |
| 68% | TOLSTOY | 7 | Author of War and Peace |
| 68% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of Superfudge and Forever |
| 68% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author of Pride and Prejudice |
| 68% | DAMONGRUNION | 12 | Author of Guys and Dolphins? |
| 67% | DAHLS | 5 | Author of "The Gremlins" and namesakes |
| 67% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of 17 and 63 Across |
| 67% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author of "Sense and Sensibility": Jane __ |
| 67% | PETERCAREY | 10 | Author of novels Bliss and Illywhacker |
| 67% | ROXANEGAY | 9 | Author of Bad Feminist and Hunger |
| 67% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | Author of Amsterdam, Atonement and Nutshell |
| 67% | YAAGYASI | 8 | Author of "Homegoing" and "Transcendent Kingdom" |
| 66% | READE | 5 | Author of "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 66% | CARNEGIE | 8 | Author of 17-, 37- and 61-Across |
| 66% | HOUDINI | 7 | Author of "Miracle Mongers and Their Methods" |
| 66% | JOSEPHROTH | 10 | Author of novels Radetzky March and Job |
| 66% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | Author of novels Giant and Ice Palace |
| 66% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Author of novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 66% | HOMER | 5 | Author of the "Odyssey" and the "Iliad" |
| 66% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of James and the Giant Peach |
| 66% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer |
| 66% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 66% | JOHNFOWLES | 10 | Author of novels Mantissa and Daniel Martin |
| 66% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | Author of novels Metroland and England, England |
| 66% | DAHL | 4 | Author of "The Witches" and "The Twits" |
| 66% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Author of ''The Colonel and Little Missie'' |