| 100% | NATALIEDIAZ | 11 | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” |
| 54% | LAHIRI | 6 | Jhumpa ___, author of the Pulitzer-winning "Interpreter of Maladies" |
| 51% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit from the Goon Squad" |
| 49% | COLSON | 6 | ___ Whitehead, author of the 2017 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Underground Railroad" |
| 49% | DANRHODES | 9 | Author of 2001 short story collection Don't Tell Me the Truth About Love |
| 49% | NIKKIGIOVANNI | 13 | Author of the poem "Allowables" |
| 49% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 48% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning author of the quote |
| 48% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of The Goldfinch |
| 48% | POE | 3 | Author of the eerie poem "The Raven" |
| 48% | NIN | 3 | Author of the story collection "Little Birds" |
| 48% | CARROLL | 7 | Author of the nonsense poem Jabberwocky: Lewis __ |
| 46% | ANNECARSON | 10 | Author of the poetry collection “Glass, Irony & God” (1995) |
| 46% | CHRISTINA | 9 | __ Lauren, author of The True Love Experiment |
| 46% | JAMESAGEE | 9 | Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family |
| 46% | ANAISNIN | 8 | Author of the erotica collections Delta of Venus and Auletris |
| 46% | MILTON | 6 | John —, author of the epic poem Paradise Lost |
| 45% | DOERR | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “All the Light We Cannot See” |
| 45% | LAMB | 4 | Charles —, author of the 1823 collection Essays of Elia |
| 45% | COBBETT | 7 | William —, author of the 1830 collection of observations Rural Rides |
| 45% | CHIANG | 6 | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| 44% | HAZELWOOD | 9 | Author of 2021 BookTok star The Love Hypothesis |
| 44% | ENDEAR | 6 | Win the love of |
| 44% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |
| 44% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden |
| 44% | ENDEAR | 6 | Win the love of, say |
| 43% | KARENRUSSELL | 12 | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories": 2 wds. |
| 43% | OLIVERONIONS | 12 | Author of ghost story collections Widdershins and The Painted Face |