| 100% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | Author whose 1813 novel inspired Ibi Zoboi’s “Pride” |
| 47% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror author whose 1986 novel inspired this puzzle's theme |
| 35% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan ___, author whose work inspired a Baltimore team's nickname |
| 34% | ELIOT | 5 | Author whose verses inspired "Cats" |
| 33% | JACQUELINE | 10 | Children's author whose novels include Love Lessons and Candyfloss |
| 33% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author whose novels span 6,000 years |
| 33% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author whose only published novel won a Pulitzer |
| 31% | JANEAUSTEN | 10 | 19th-century author whose novel "Pride and Prejudice" has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 31% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Children's author whose imagery inspired the lyrics of 14-/29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 31% | OFLAHERTY | 9 | Liam —, author whose novels include Famine and The Informer |
| 31% | XXXXXXXXXX | 10 | Thriller author whose novels are set in Kindle County |
| 30% | POE | 3 | Author whose work inspired the 1969 gothic-horror film The Oblong Box |
| 30% | BLUME | 5 | Judy —, US author whose novels include Wifey and Summer Sisters |
| 30% | HARDY | 5 | Author Thomas, whose novels are set in Wessex |
| 30% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 29% | ALISMITH | 8 | Author whose novel “Summer” is the final book in her Seasonal Quartet (August, 2020) |
| 29% | APULEIUS | 8 | 2nd-century author whose works include novel Metamorphoses, aka The Golden Ass |
| 29% | SALLY | 5 | Author Rooney, whose novel “Normal People” was adapted for television |
| 29% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Author whose YA novel "The Graveyard Book" won the Newbery Medal in 2009: 2 wds. |
| 28% | CHIANG | 6 | Author Ted whose “Story of Your Life” inspired the movie “Arrival” |
| 28% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet T. S. whose work inspired the musical Cats |
| 28% | HERBERT | 7 | "Dune" author Frank, whose son Brian also writes Dune novels |
| 28% | HOFF | 4 | Harry S —, English author whose 1934 debut novel Trina was published in the US as It Happened in PRK |
| 28% | FORESTER | 8 | C S —, author of novels The Commodore and Lord Hornblower |
| 27% | BRAMSTOKER | 10 | 19th-century author whose novel "Dracula" has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| 27% | HARRISON | 8 | Harry —, US author whose novels include Bill, the Galactic Hero and Make Room! Make Room! |
| 27% | ANNAMAZZOLA | 11 | Author whose novel "The Unseeing" won the 2018 Edgar Award in the Best Paperback Original category: 2 wds. |
| 27% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MCNEILE | 7 | H C —, author whose novels, including Mufti and Ronald Standish, were published under the name Sapper |
| 27% | ELIZABETH | 9 | & 16D Central female character in 1813 Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice |