| 100% | SYD | 3 | Cartoonist Hoff who wrote "Danny and the Dinosaur" |
| 73% | SYD | 3 | Hoff who wrote and illustrated "Danny and the Dinosaur" |
| 56% | SYD | 3 | "Danny and the Dinosaur" author Hoff |
| 56% | SYD | 3 | "Danny and the Dinosaur" writer Hoff |
| 51% | ALISONBECHDEL | 13 | Cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the graphic memoir "Are You My Mother?" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | SHEL | 4 | Author and cartoonist Silverstein who wrote "The Giving Tree" |
| 47% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean who wrote "Juno and the Paycock" |
| 47% | CANDACE | 7 | Bushnell who wrote "Sex and the City" |
| 47% | MACLEAN | 7 | Sarah who wrote Daring and the Duke |
| 47% | KASTNER | 7 | Erich who wrote "Emil and the Detectives" |
| 46% | ROALD | 5 | Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 46% | DAHL | 4 | Roald who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| 46% | DAHL | 4 | Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 46% | MORRISON | 8 | Toni who wrote Beloved and The Bluest Eye |
| 46% | ROALD | 5 | Dahl who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 45% | BILLNYE | 7 | Who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 45% | MAILER | 6 | Norman who wrote The Naked and the Dead |
| 45% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" |
| 45% | AMORY | 5 | Cleveland who wrote “The Cat and the Curmudgeon” |
| 45% | READE | 5 | Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 45% | FREUD | 5 | Psychoanalyst who wrote "The Ego and the Id" |
| 45% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "Juno and the Paycock" |
| 45% | TANEHISI | 8 | Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" |
| 45% | HOFF | 4 | "Danny and the Dinosaur" writer/illustrator Syd |
| 44% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American who wrote The Old Man and the Sea |
| 44% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 44% | NATE | 4 | Statistician Silver who wrote "The Signal and the Noise" |
| 44% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "The Plough and the Stars" |
| 44% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 44% | AESOP | 5 | Famous fabulist who wrote "The Fox and the Grapes" |