| 100% | NEVIL | 5 | Author Shute who wrote "On the Beach" |
| 64% | SHUTE | 5 | Nevil who wrote "On the Beach" |
| 62% | NEVIL | 5 | "On the Beach" author Shute |
| 59% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 59% | NEVIL | 5 | Author Shute of "On the Beach" |
| 59% | KEROUAC | 7 | Jack who wrote On The Road |
| 57% | LUCRETIUS | 9 | Epicurean poet who wrote On the Nature of Things |
| 56% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 55% | DEFOE | 5 | Author who wrote on Friday? |
| 55% | ZOLA | 4 | French author who wrote, “Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it” |
| 54% | GALLICO | 7 | Author Paul who wrote The Poseidon Adventure |
| 54% | ROTH | 4 | Author Veronica who wrote the "Divergent" books |
| 53% | EVAN | 4 | Author Hunter who wrote under the pen name Ed McBain |
| 53% | LEE | 3 | Author Child who wrote the Jack Reacher series |
| 53% | ZORBA | 5 | Character who dances on the beach at Stavros |
| 53% | NAOMI | 5 | Author Klein who wrote last year's "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal" |
| 52% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the 2016 bestseller "The Obsession" |
| 52% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 52% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the new novel "Under Currents" |
| 52% | ROALD | 5 | Author Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 52% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who wrote the V.I. Warshawski novels |
| 52% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 52% | WOOLF | 5 | Author Virginia, who wrote To The Lighthouse |
| 52% | ADAM | 4 | Rippon who wrote "Beautiful on the Outside" |
| 52% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | "Squeeze Me" author who wrote the novel that 49-Across is based on (2 wds.) |
| 52% | HAN | 3 | Author Jenny who wrote the To All the Boys series |
| 51% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the 2016 best seller "The Obsession" |
| 51% | IDA | 3 | Author Tarbell who wrote "All in the Day's Work" |
| 51% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 51% | ZOLA | 4 | Émile who wrote "Truth is on the march" |