| 100% | BAUM | 4 | Author who inspired the Gregory Maguire book “Wicked” |
| 57% | BAUM | 4 | Author who inspired the musical "Wicked" |
| 49% | POE | 3 | Author who inspired the name of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens |
| 43% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 42% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "The Remains of the Day": 2 wds. |
| 41% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Author who won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction for "Interior Chinatown": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Author who won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction for "Trust Exercise": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author who won the Booker Prize for "The Blind Assassin" and "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SALMANRUSHDIE | 13 | Author who won the Man Booker Prize in 1981 for "Midnight's Children": 2 wds. |
| 41% | ROTH | 4 | Author Veronica who wrote the "Divergent" books |
| 40% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 40% | PETER | 5 | ___ Benchley, "Jaws" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 40% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie ___, "Twilight" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 40% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Author who won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction for "Hell of a Book": 2 wds. |
| 40% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Green, "Paper Towns" author who makes a voice cameo in the book's film adaptation |
| 40% | CHILD | 5 | Lee ___, "One Shot" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 40% | ELEANORCATTON | 13 | Canadian author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Luminaries": 2 wds. |
| 39% | PEVSNER | 7 | Nikolaus —, architectural historian who authored The Buildings of England book series |
| 39% | MORRIS | 6 | Desmond —, zoologist and artist who authored 1967 book The Naked Ape |
| 39% | PEVSNER | 7 | Sir Nikolaus —, architectural historian who authored The Buildings of England book series |
| 39% | BOND | 4 | Michael ___, author who created Paddington Bear, who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 39% | ALEC | 4 | ___ Greven, "How To Talk to Girls" author who published his first book at the age of 9 |
| 38% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former US President who authored the book "The Audacity of Hope": 2 wds. |
| 38% | PERES | 5 | Israeli president who was the author of 11 books |
| 38% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 37% | NAOMIKLEIN | 10 | Author who described her book “Doppelganger” as being about “the horror of the society that flips fascist from within” (September, 2023) |
| 37% | POE | 3 | Author who inspired a Baltimore team's nickname |
| 37% | EGAN | 4 | Cop who inspired The French Connection |
| 37% | RAMSES | 6 | Pharaoh who inspired the poem "Ozymandias" |