| 100% | JAMESMICHENER | 13 | Author of 26 novels including "Texas" and "Alaska": 2 wds. |
| 56% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | Author of such novels as "Skin Tight" and "Stormy Weather": 2 wds. |
| 56% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DONDELILLO | 10 | Author of "Libra" and "Mao II" who wrote 18-, 26-, and 35-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | KATEMORTON | 10 | Australian author of 17- and 26-Across: 2 wds. |
| 54% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 54% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 53% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Author of the young adult novels 30-Across and the upcoming "On the Come Up": 2 wds. |
| 53% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Best-selling author of more than 140 novels, including 2017's "Past Perfect": 2 wds. |
| 53% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Best-selling author of more than 50 novels, including 2017's "Sleeping Beauties": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Best-selling author of more than 30 novels, including 2017's "The Rooster Bar": 2 wds. |
| 52% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Author of "The Sandman" graphic novels and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | MARYBETHKEANE | 13 | Best-selling author of four novels, including 17-Across and 40-Across (3 wds.) |
| 50% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | TERRY | 5 | & 7A Author of the novels Texas Summer and The Magic Christian |
| 49% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 48% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author of "The Shining" and 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Jazz": 2 wds. |
| 48% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Pride and Prejudice": 2 wds. |
| 47% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four": 2 wds. |
| 47% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 47% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Bestselling author of political and legal thrillers, including "The Camel Club," 15-Across, and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | British author of "1984" and 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JAMESDASHNER | 12 | Author of 32- and 46-Across: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JODIPICOULT | 11 | Bestselling author of more than 30 books, including "My Sister's Keeper," 19-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | HOLLYBLACK | 10 | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 46% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author of "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," and 44-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 46% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JAMESBALDWIN | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "If Beale Street Could Talk": 2 wds. |