| 100% | SPENCERJOHNSON | 14 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Who Moved My Cheese?": 2 wds. |
| 70% | BRENEBROWN | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "Daring Greatly": 2 wds. |
| 68% | MARIEKONDO | 10 | Author of the best-selling self-help book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up": 2 wds. |
| 60% | HAROLDKUSHNER | 13 | Author of the self-help book "When Bad Things Happen to Good People": 2 wds. |
| 53% | STEPHENCOVEY | 12 | Author of the self-help book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People": 2 wds. |
| 53% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 47% | COLLEENHOOVER | 13 | Author of "It Ends With Us" who gained fame after self-publishing romance books: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JAMESMCBRIDE | 12 | African-American author of "The Good Lord Bird," winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Author of the children's book "Superfudge": 2 wds. |
| 44% | REBECCAYARROS | 13 | Best-selling author of the "Empyrean" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LOISLOWRY | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Giver": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ERICCARLE | 9 | Author of the children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar": 2 wds. |
| 44% | LAURANUMEROFF | 13 | Author of the "If You Give ..." children's book series: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 43% | EOINCOLFER | 10 | Best-selling author who wrote the eight books in the "Artemis Fowl" series: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | Author of the 1993 New York Times best seller "Girl, Interrupted": 2 wds. |
| 43% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author of the 2012 New York Times best seller "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 43% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 43% | SCHWAB | 6 | Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" |
| 42% | THERULES | 8 | Best-selling self-help book subtitled "Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right" |
| 42% | TOMWOLFE | 8 | Author of the 1979 book about space flight that 34-Across is based on: 2 wds. |
| 42% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Author of legal thrillers who has sold over 250 million copies worldwide: 2 wds. |
| 42% | HOLLYBLACK | 10 | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | STIEGLARSSON | 12 | Author of the 2005 New York Times best seller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": 2 wds. |
| 41% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 41% | JEREMYRENNER | 12 | "Mayor of Kingstown" star who wrote the best-selling 2025 memoir "My Next Breath": 2 wds. |