| 100% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven" |
| 76% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Gold-Bug" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 72% | POE | 3 | Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 72% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Author of "The Tell-Tale Heart" |
| 69% | JULIEMYERSON | 12 | Author of novels The Stopped Heart and Laura Blundy |
| 67% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 62% | ALLANPOE | 8 | Edgar __, horror writer of The Tell-Tale Heart |
| 61% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 60% | EDGAR | 5 | ___ Allan Poe, writer of popular works such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "Hop-Frog" |
| 60% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 60% | BESTALL | 7 | Alfred —, author and illustrator, from 1935, of the Rupert Bear tales |
| 60% | SHOLEMASCH | 10 | Author of the novels Uncle Moses and The Nazarene |
| 59% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 59% | IAINBANKS | 9 | Author of the novels The Business and The Wasp Factory |
| 58% | ELINORGLYN | 10 | Author of the novels Three Weeks and The Price of Things |
| 58% | ALANPLATER | 10 | Dramatist; author of ITV’s The Beiderbecke Trilogy and BBC TV series Trinity Tales |
| 58% | ANNEBRONTE | 10 | Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
| 57% | SURVIVES | 8 | Gets out of danger and lives to tell the tale |
| 57% | TROLLOPE | 8 | Anthony —, author of the novels Phineas Finn and The Warden |
| 57% | PETERSHAFFER | 12 | Author of the stage plays Equus and Amadeus |
| 57% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | Author of the novels Finnegans Wake and Ulysses |
| 57% | CHAUCER | 7 | Geoffrey __, author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 57% | GOSCINNY | 8 | Author of the Astérix tales, René __ |
| 57% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 57% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin": 2 wds. |
| 57% | AESOP | 5 | Ancient Greek author of the fable "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| 57% | JENSEN | 6 | Liz —, author of the novels Egg Dancing and The Paper Eater |
| 57% | HARE | 4 | David —, author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour |
| 57% | TERRY | 5 | & 7A Author of the novels Texas Summer and The Magic Christian |
| 57% | MCDERMID | 8 | Val —, author of the novels Blue Genes and The Distant Echo |