| 100% | EDNA | 4 | Buchanan who wrote "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face" |
| 73% | EDNA | 4 | "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face" author Buchanan |
| 49% | MASHA | 5 | Gessen who wrote the 2012 Putin biography "The Man Without a Face" |
| 49% | TALESE | 6 | Gay who wrote the 1966 Esquire profile “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold” |
| 47% | ALDA | 4 | Alan who wrote the book "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 46% | ALAN | 4 | Actor Alda who wrote the best-seller "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?" |
| 43% | KARL | 4 | Marx who wrote, “Theory itself becomes a material force when it has seized the masses” |
| 43% | COLIN | 5 | Comedian Jost who wrote the memoir "A Very Punchable Face" |
| 42% | POE | 3 | Who wrote the line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 42% | GAILSIMONE | 10 | Writer who had the longest tenure as a woman writing Wonder Woman comic books (2 wds.) |
| 42% | COLINJOST | 9 | "SNL" regular who wrote the memoir "A Very Punchable Face" |
| 42% | DANZA | 5 | Actor Tony who wrote the memoir "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High" |
| 41% | CIARDI | 6 | John who wrote the textbook "How Does a Poem Mean?" |
| 41% | OCEAN | 5 | Vuong who wrote the poetry collection “Time Is a Mother” |
| 40% | COLINJOST | 9 | "SNL" regular who wrote the memoir "A Very Punchable Face" |
| 40% | POE | 3 | Poet who wrote the opening line "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| 40% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who wrote the children's book "Corduroy Takes a Bow" |
| 39% | TALESE | 6 | Gay who wrote "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | Rice who wrote the upcoming book "Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat" |
| 39% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who wrote the 2018 children's book "Corduroy Takes a Bow" |
| 39% | OCEAN | 5 | Vuong who wrote the elegiac poetry collection “Time Is a Mother” (April, 2022) |
| 39% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | Literature Nobelist who wrote “The great thing / is not having / a mind. Feelings: / oh, I have those; they / govern me” |
| 39% | HALE | 4 | Sarah Josepha ___, who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" |
| 39% | EZRA | 4 | Pound who wrote "In a Station of the Metro" |
| 39% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer who wrote A Visit from the Goon Squad |
| 39% | DARED | 5 | Had the courage to face a challenge |
| 39% | AUTHOR | 6 | A person who has written a book |
| 39% | CAHN | 4 | Sammy who wrote the lyrics to "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" |
| 39% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 39% | DARIN | 5 | Strauss who wrote the 2020 novel "The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story" |