| 100% | DINESEN | 7 | Author of "Winter's Tales," 1942 |
| 64% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of The Handmaid's Tale |
| 63% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of "The Handmaid's Tale" Margaret __ |
| 61% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret ___, author of "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 60% | SHAK | 4 | "The Winter's Tale" author, for short |
| 58% | POE | 3 | Author of macabre tales |
| 58% | MURASAKISHIKIBU | 15 | Author of “The Tale of Genji,” often called the world’s first novel |
| 57% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Canadian author of speculative fiction such as "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 56% | EAPOE | 5 | Author of macabre tales, in brief |
| 55% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin": 2 wds. |
| 55% | GOSCINNY | 8 | Author of the Astérix tales, René __ |
| 55% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 55% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 55% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 55% | BEATTIE | 7 | "Chilly Scenes of Winter" author |
| 54% | ANN | 3 | "Chilly Scenes of Winter" author Beattie |
| 54% | ALANPLATER | 10 | Dramatist; author of ITV’s The Beiderbecke Trilogy and BBC TV series Trinity Tales |
| 53% | TENT | 4 | '06 book, by "The Handmaid's Tale" author, of fictional essays (with "The") |
| 52% | SETTERFIELD | 11 | Diane —, author of 2006 novel The Thirteenth Tale |
| 51% | TWEETYBIRD | 10 | Cartoon canary who first appeared in 1942's A Tale of Two Kitties |
| 51% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 50% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 49% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 49% | ACT | 3 | One of five in "The Winter's Tale" |
| 49% | POLIXENES | 9 | King of Bohemia in The Winter's Tale |
| 49% | IAMB | 4 | One of two in The Winter's Tale |
| 49% | BEATRIX | 7 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit author, __ Potter |
| 49% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies" author |
| 48% | BUDS | 4 | Signs of winter's end |
| 48% | PISCES | 6 | Sign of winter's end |