| 100% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Pride and Prejudice": 2 wds. |
| 84% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 80% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author of Pride and Prejudice |
| 77% | AUSTEN | 6 | Jane, author of Pride and Prejudice |
| 68% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 67% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | Author of such novels as "Skin Tight" and "Stormy Weather": 2 wds. |
| 65% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 65% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of the bestsellers "Paper Towns" and "Everything Is Tuberculosis": 2 wds. |
| 64% | FREDRIKBACKMAN | 14 | Swedish author of 19-Across and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | British author of "1984" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 64% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 64% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Best-selling author of 25-, 36-, and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 63% | JANE | 4 | ___ Austen, author of "Pride and Prejudice" |
| 63% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of "Libra" and "Mao II" who wrote 18-, 26-, and 35-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 62% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin": 2 wds. |
| 62% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 62% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 61% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of 26 novels including "Texas" and "Alaska": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Author of the young adult novels 30-Across and the upcoming "On the Come Up": 2 wds. |
| 61% | JANE | 4 | Pride and prejudice author |
| 59% | HOLLYBLACK | 10 | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 59% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Author of "The Sandman" graphic novels and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 58% | ERICHKASTNER | 12 | Author of "Lottie and Lisa" which inspired 29a and a Walt Disney movie of the same name in 1961: 2 wds. |
| 57% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | African-American author of "Between the World and Me," winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 57% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |