| 100% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author of "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web": 3 wds. |
| 79% | EBWHITE | 7 | "Stuart Little" and "Charlotte's Web" author: 3 wds. |
| 63% | EBWHITE | 7 | Initialed author of "Charlotte's Web": 3 wds. |
| 50% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Initialed author of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe": 3 wds. |
| 49% | EBWHITE | 7 | Author of Charlotte's Web |
| 48% | OCTAVIAEBUTLER | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "Parable of the Sower" and its sequel, "Parable of the Talents": 3 wds. |
| 47% | JENNYLHOWE | 10 | Author of 14-Across and 42-Across (3 wds.) |
| 45% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 44% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Pride and Prejudice": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 43% | MARYBETHKEANE | 13 | Best-selling author of four novels, including 17-Across and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 43% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of 26 novels including "Texas" and "Alaska": 2 wds. |
| 43% | DICKENS | 7 | Author of Our Mutual Friend and Little Dorrit |
| 43% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 43% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Author of ''The Colonel and Little Missie'' |
| 42% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | AAMILNE | 7 | Initialed author of "Winnie-the-Pooh": 3 wds. |
| 42% | RLSTINE | 7 | Initialed author of the "Goosebumps" series: 3 wds. |
| 41% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Author of "The Sandman" graphic novels and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SEANGREER | 9 | Andrew, author of Less and sequel Less is Lost |
| 41% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | Author of such novels as "Skin Tight" and "Stormy Weather": 2 wds. |
| 41% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of the bestsellers "Paper Towns" and "Everything Is Tuberculosis": 2 wds. |
| 41% | FREDRIKBACKMAN | 14 | Swedish author of 19-Across and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JODIPICOULT | 11 | Bestselling author of more than 30 books, including "My Sister's Keeper," 19-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," and 44-Across: 2 wds. |