| 100% | WHEAT | 5 | Carolyn —, author of novels Mean Streak and Sworn to Defend |
| 45% | STUART | 6 | Author of novels Flesh House and Close to the Bone |
| 45% | SIANJAMES | 9 | Author of novels A Small Country and Return to Hendre Ddu |
| 44% | LAHR | 4 | John —, author of novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot |
| 44% | BAINBRIDGE | 10 | Beryl —, late author of novels According to Queeney and The Dressmaker |
| 43% | SPARK | 5 | Muriel —, author of novels The Girls of Slender Means and The Finishing School |
| 43% | LOOS | 4 | Anita —, author of novels No Mother to Guide Her and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| 41% | LAHR | 4 | John —, author of the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot |
| 41% | LOVESEY | 7 | Peter —, author of novels Rough Cider and Wobble to Death |
| 40% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 40% | RENDELL | 7 | Ruth —, author of the novels The Veiled One and Talking to Strange Men |
| 40% | LOOS | 4 | Anita —, author of the novels No Mother to Guide Her and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| 40% | WOOLF | 5 | Virginia —, author of novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse |
| 40% | CLARKE | 6 | Arthur C —, author of science fiction novels The Sands of Mars and Prelude to Space |
| 39% | HERRIOT | 7 | James —, author of semi-autobiographical novels It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet and Vets Might Fly |
| 38% | PETERCAREY | 10 | Author of novels Bliss and Illywhacker |
| 38% | CASE | 4 | John —, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn Hougan |
| 38% | EDNAFERBER | 10 | Author of novels Giant and Ice Palace |
| 38% | JOHNFOWLES | 10 | Author of novels Mantissa and Daniel Martin |
| 38% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | Author of novels Metroland and England, England |
| 38% | JAMES | 5 | P D —, author of novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder |
| 38% | WILLSELF | 8 | Author of novels Shark, The Butt and Dorian |
| 38% | ERICHSEGAL | 10 | Author of novels Doctors, Only Love and Prizes |
| 38% | THOMASMANN | 10 | Author of novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain |
| 38% | ANNE | 4 | Author of novels Angel Time, Violin and Merrick |