| 100% | ZEPHANIAH | 9 | Benjamin —, poet; author of novels Refugee Boy and Face |
| 52% | SHELDON | 7 | Sidney —, author of novels Bloodline and The Naked Face |
| 51% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | Author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 51% | IRALEVIN | 8 | Author of novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 50% | TONYPARSONS | 11 | Author of novels Men from the Boys and One for My Baby |
| 49% | HORNBY | 6 | Nick —, author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| 48% | LEQUEUX | 7 | William —, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces |
| 48% | IRALEVIN | 8 | Author of the novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 47% | SOPHIEHANNAH | 12 | Author of the novels A Game for All the Family and Little Face |
| 46% | LEVIN | 5 | Ira —, author of the novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 45% | LEVIN | 5 | Ira —, author of novels The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives |
| 45% | KELMAN | 6 | James —, author of novels A Disaffection and Kieron Smith, Boy |
| 45% | WHITE | 5 | Edmund —, author of novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony |
| 44% | BARTH | 5 | John —, author of novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy |
| 44% | PETERCAREY | 10 | Author of novels Bliss and Illywhacker |
| 43% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | Author of novels Giant and Ice Palace |
| 43% | JOHNFOWLES | 10 | Author of novels Mantissa and Daniel Martin |
| 43% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | Author of novels Metroland and England, England |
| 43% | WILLSELF | 8 | Author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian |
| 43% | ERICHSEGAL | 10 | Author of novels Doctors, Only Love and Prizes |
| 43% | THOMASMANN | 10 | Author of novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain |
| 43% | ANNE | 4 | Author of novels Angel Time, Violin and Merrick |
| 42% | ANNHALAM | 8 | Author of novels Dr Franklin's Island and Siberia |
| 42% | JULIEMYERSON | 12 | Author of novels The Stopped Heart and Laura Blundy |