| 100% | ZADIESMITH | 10 | Author of "White Teeth": 2 wds. |
| 80% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of "White Noise": 2 wds. |
| 71% | ZADIE | 5 | Smith, author of White Teeth and On Beauty |
| 69% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | Author of 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 66% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Author of "The Lorax": 2 wds., abbr. |
| 65% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 65% | JENNYHAN | 8 | Author of 14-/32-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Pride and Prejudice": 2 wds. |
| 65% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 65% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird": 2 wds. |
| 65% | AMYTAN | 6 | Author of "The Joy Luck Club": 2 wds. |
| 64% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 64% | JAMESPATTERSON | 14 | Author of the Alex Cross mystery series: 2 wds. |
| 64% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 64% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Jazz": 2 wds. |
| 63% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of 26 novels including "Texas" and "Alaska": 2 wds. |
| 63% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Giver": 2 wds. |
| 63% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Invisible Man": 2 wds. |
| 63% | EDWARDALBEE | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "The Zoo Story": 2 wds. |
| 63% | SAMUELBECKETT | 13 | Author of the absurdist play "Waiting for Godot": 2 wds. |
| 63% | EMILYHENRY | 10 | Author of the 2020 romance bestseller "Beach Read": 2 wds. |
| 63% | YANNMARTEL | 10 | Canadian author of "Life of Pi": 2 wds. |
| 62% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four": 2 wds. |
| 62% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 62% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | British author of "1984" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Award-winning author of books for kids: 2 wds. |
| 62% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |
| 62% | FRANKMCCOURT | 12 | Author of 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 61% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | Author of such novels as "Skin Tight" and "Stormy Weather": 2 wds. |
| 61% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar": 2 wds. |