| 100% | ASSANGE | 7 | Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet" |
| 50% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 50% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 49% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 48% | DAHL | 4 | Roald —, author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 47% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 47% | TANYATAGAQ | 10 | Throat singer and author of the book “Split Tooth” |
| 46% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 46% | FRANZEN | 7 | Jonathan __; author of Freedom and The Corrections |
| 45% | SPOCK | 5 | Benjamin —, author of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care |
| 45% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 45% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 45% | BUCKERIDGE | 10 | Anthony —, author of the Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books |
| 45% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 44% | JEREMIAH | 8 | Hebrew prophet and author of a Book of the Bible |
| 44% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 43% | KEBLE | 5 | John —, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year |
| 43% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the Oz books |
| 43% | KIPLING | 7 | Author of The Jungle Book: Rudyard __ |
| 43% | JANSSON | 7 | Author of the Moomin books, Tove __ |
| 43% | BARR | 4 | Comic who was the 2012 presidential nominee of the Peace and Freedom Party |
| 43% | DAWKINS | 7 | Richard —, Kenya-born author of books The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion |
| 43% | IBSEN | 5 | Henrik —, author of the stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth |
| 42% | TREVOR | 6 | William —, author of the novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| 42% | ROSE | 4 | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| 42% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author of the "Goosebumps" book series |
| 42% | ROBERTKIRKMAN | 13 | "Invincible" comic book author and one of the executive producers of 25-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SHERATON | 8 | Thomas —, furniture maker; author of The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book |
| 41% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean —, author of the stage play The Plough and the Stars |