| 100% | BALDACCI | 8 | Best-selling author David who writes the “King and Maxwell” novels |
| 57% | GREEN | 5 | John ___, American author and YouTuber who wrote the best-selling novel "Paper Towns" |
| 50% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 49% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author who wrote the novel "Ramona and Her Mother" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the new novel "Under Currents" |
| 47% | INSOMNIA | 8 | One of the best-selling horror novels of the 90s written by Stephen King which revolves around Ralph Roberts and his dead wife |
| 47% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the 2016 best seller "The Obsession" |
| 47% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who wrote the V.I. Warshawski novels |
| 46% | ESTES | 5 | Best-selling author who wrote "Women Who Run With the Wolves" |
| 46% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 45% | EOINCOLFER | 10 | Best-selling author who wrote the eight books in the "Artemis Fowl" series: 2 wds. |
| 45% | ROALD | 5 | Author Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 45% | SEDARIS | 7 | Humorist David who wrote the essay collections "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Happy-Go-Lucky" |
| 45% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 44% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 44% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELENA | 5 | Italian author Ferrante, who wrote the "Neapolitan Novels" |
| 43% | DAVIDABRAMS | 11 | U.S. Army veteran who wrote the war novels "Fobbit" and "Brave Deeds" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Alabaman who wrote the Best Novel of the Century, according to a 1999 Library Journal poll |
| 43% | MITSKI | 6 | Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright" |
| 42% | MITCHELL | 8 | David —, author of the novels Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks |
| 42% | STEFAN | 6 | Fatsis who wrote the best-selling "Word Freak" |
| 42% | KAFKA | 5 | Author Franz who wrote "The Metamorphosis" and "The Trial" |
| 42% | TESS | 4 | Author Gerritsen who writes about the crime-solving duo of Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles |
| 42% | DAN | 3 | American author ___ Brown who wrote the Robert Langdon series of novels |
| 42% | JEANRHYS | 8 | Author of the novels Good Morning, Midnight and Wide Sargasso Sea |
| 41% | TED | 3 | American author ___ Bell who wrote the Alexander Hawke novel series |
| 41% | HOLLYBLACK | 10 | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| 41% | MAMET | 5 | David who wrote the screenplay for "The Verdict" |