| 100% | NAN | 3 | Britton who wrote "The President's Daughter," 1927 |
| 57% | DAVA | 4 | Sobel who wrote the Pulitzer-nominated "Galileo's Daughter" |
| 52% | EUDORA | 6 | Welty who wrote “The Optimist’s Daughter” |
| 52% | CHELSEACLINTON | 14 | Daughter of the 42nd president who wrote "She Persisted": 2 wds. |
| 50% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote the memoir "A Promised Land" |
| 50% | OBAMA | 5 | President who wrote the 2020 memoir "A Promised Land" |
| 50% | OATES | 5 | Novelist who wrote "The Gravedigger's Daughter" |
| 50% | EUDORA | 6 | Welty who wrote "The Optimist's Daughter" |
| 50% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Daughter of the 43rd president who wrote "Everything Beautiful in Its Time": 3 wds. |
| 46% | ADAMS | 5 | President who wrote, "Great is the guilt of unnecessary war" |
| 46% | EGAN | 4 | Tim who writes the Dodsworth children's books |
| 46% | AMBROSE | 7 | Bierce who wrote The Devil's Dictionary |
| 45% | CHELSEA | 7 | 1990s First Daughter Clinton who wrote the children's book "Start Now!: You Can Make a Difference" |
| 45% | TEY | 3 | Josephine who wrote "The Daughter of Time" |
| 45% | MALRAUX | 7 | André who wrote The Human Condition aka Man's Fate |
| 44% | IBSEN | 5 | Playwright Henrik, who wrote The Doll's House |
| 44% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer who wrote The Writing's on the Wall in 2015 |
| 44% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 44% | OCASEK | 6 | Ric who wrote the hit song "My Best Friend's Girl" |
| 44% | PARR | 4 | Todd who wrote the children's bestseller "The Thankful Book" |
| 44% | EVA | 3 | Chen who wrote the children’s book “I Am Golden” |
| 44% | PADMA | 5 | Lakshmi who wrote the children's book "Tomatoes for Neela" |
| 44% | PATTI | 5 | With 40-Across, daughter of the 40th president who wrote "The Long Goodbye" |
| 43% | PATTIDAVIS | 10 | Former First Daughter who wrote the memoir "The Long Goodbye" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SAMPRAS | 7 | Sports star who wrote the 2008 best seller "A Champion's Mind" |
| 43% | EBERT | 5 | Critic who wrote "Behind the Phantom's Mask" |
| 43% | ANNALIST | 8 | Writer who writes about the year's events |
| 43% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who wrote the 2018 children's book "Corduroy Takes a Bow" |
| 42% | JIMCARREY | 9 | Actor who wrote the kid's book "How Roland Rolls" (2 wds.) |