| 100% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Hunger Games" and its sequels, "Catching Fire" and "Mockingjay": 2 wds. |
| 65% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 57% | OCTAVIAEBUTLER | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "Parable of the Sower" and its sequel, "Parable of the Talents": 3 wds. |
| 45% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Author of the young adult novels 30-Across and the upcoming "On the Come Up": 2 wds. |
| 44% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four": 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALDOUSHUXLEY | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Brave New World": 2 wds. |
| 44% | COLSONWHITEHEAD | 15 | Author of the novel “Harlem Shuffle” and its 2023 sequel, “Crook Manifesto” |
| 43% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOSEPHHELLER | 12 | Author of the classic 1961 World War II novel "Catch-22": 2 wds. |
| 41% | HESSE | 5 | Hermann —, author of the novels The Glass Bead Game and Knulp |
| 40% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | ALICEWALKER | 11 | Author of the 1982 novel "The Color Purple," which was made into a 1985 movie: 2 wds. |
| 40% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 40% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 39% | HOLLYBLACK | 10 | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JAMESBALDWIN | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "If Beale Street Could Talk": 2 wds. |
| 39% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | Author of the classic 1969 World War II novel "Slaughterhouse-Five": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MAXTED | 6 | Anna —, author of the novels Being Committed and Getting Over It |
| 39% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Jazz": 2 wds. |
| 39% | GALEHAWTHORNE | 13 | Fictional archer played by Liam Hemsworth in "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire": 2 wds. |
| 39% | RALPHELLISON | 12 | Author of the Harlem-set novel "Invisible Man": 2 wds. |
| 38% | STORMOF | 7 | "A ___ Swords," third novel in the epic fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin: 2 wds. |
| 38% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Author of the 2019 novel "Lady in the Lake," which was adapted into an Apple TV+ miniseries starring 19-Across and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | TOMSTOPPARD | 11 | Author of the absurdist play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNGREEN | 9 | Author of the bestsellers "Paper Towns" and "Everything Is Tuberculosis": 2 wds. |
| 38% | LEEPACE | 7 | Star of AMC's "Halt and Catch Fire": 2 wds. |
| 38% | ADELE | 5 | & 3D Author of the novels Game Over and Playing Away |
| 38% | JACKLONDON | 10 | Author of the 1903 novel, "The Call of the Wild," on which the 2020 movie is based: 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |