| 100% | AAMILNE | 7 | British author who created Winnie-the-Pooh: 3 wds. |
| 59% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 54% | AAMILNE | 7 | Writer who created the Hundred Acre Wood: 3 wds. |
| 53% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | AGATHACHRISTIE | 14 | British novelist who created the fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple (2 wds.) |
| 50% | HAROLDPINTER | 12 | British author of "The Birthday Party" who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 50% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 49% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| 48% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Author/illustrator who created the title character of 18-Across: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | "Ragtime" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 48% | DICKENS | 7 | Author who created the Artful Dodger |
| 47% | ROBDELANEY | 10 | Actor and comedian who created the British sitcom "Catastrophe" and stars in it opposite Sharon Horgan: 2 wds. |
| 47% | ORSONSCOTTCARD | 14 | "Ender's Game" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
| 47% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | "Rendezvous With Rama" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
| 47% | OWL | 3 | Winnie the Pooh's friend who can fly |
| 46% | VONNEGUT | 8 | Author who created the fatalistic optometrist Billy Pilgrim |
| 46% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author who created James and the Giant Peach |
| 46% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who created the world of Middle Earth |
| 46% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Cask of Amontillado": 3 wds. |
| 46% | HPLOVECRAFT | 11 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu": 3 wds. |
| 46% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 46% | MORRELL | 7 | David, author who created the character Rambo |
| 45% | POE | 3 | American author who created the detective fiction genre |
| 45% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | EEYORE | 6 | Winnie the Pooh's friend who loses his tail a lot |
| 45% | JKROWLING | 9 | British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |
| 44% | LEE | 3 | British author Child who created Jack Reacher |
| 44% | LFRANKBAUM | 10 | Writer who created Oz: 3 wds. |
| 44% | CSLEWIS | 7 | Writer who created Narnia: 3 wds. |
| 44% | OWL | 3 | Winnie the Pooh's friend who lives in a house in a tree |