| 100% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Author of "Oedipus at Colonus" |
| 65% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Author of Oedipus the King |
| 59% | LEVI | 4 | Author of "Christ Stopped at Eboli" |
| 59% | CAPOTE | 6 | Author of Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| 59% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author of "One Day at HorrorLand" |
| 58% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Greek dramatist whose works include Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus |
| 57% | SIRJAMESMBARRIE | 15 | Author of the quote beginning at 26-Across |
| 57% | JOHNBRAINE | 10 | Author of 1957 novel Room at the Top |
| 56% | RONREAGAN | 9 | Author of the 2011 memoir "My Father at 100" |
| 55% | RONREAGAN | 9 | Author of the 2011 political memoir "My Father at 100" |
| 55% | CAPOTE | 6 | Author of In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| 54% | CAPOTE | 6 | Truman —, author of 1958 novella Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| 54% | BRAINE | 6 | John —, author of 1957 novel Room at the Top |
| 53% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 53% | LEVI | 4 | Carlo —, Italian author of 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli |
| 53% | THAYER | 6 | Ernest —, US author of 1888 poem Casey at the Bat |
| 53% | LEVI | 4 | Carlo ---, Italian author of 1945 memoir Christ Stopped at Eboli |
| 52% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 52% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 52% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 52% | FRIEL | 5 | Brian —, author of stage plays Making History and Dancing at Lughnasa |
| 52% | BROOKE | 6 | Jocelyn —, author of novels The Dog at Clambercrown and The Scapegoat |
| 52% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer —, author of the novels The Keep and Look at Me |
| 52% | KOESTLER | 8 | Arthur —, author of novels The Call-Girls and Darkness at Noon |
| 51% | ANON | 4 | Author of the quip at 20-, 37-, 51-, 66-, 20-, 37-, and 51-Across |
| 51% | ATHILL | 6 | Diana —, author of 1967 novel Don't Look at Me Like That |
| 51% | MICHENER | 8 | James A —, author of novel Chesapeake and The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
| 50% | FLAGG | 5 | Fannie —, author of 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café |
| 50% | ETAL | 4 | Abbr. at the end of a list of authors |
| 49% | TSING | 5 | "The Mushroom at the End of the World" author Anna |