| 100% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's author known under the pen name, Dr. ___ |
| 49% | EVAN | 4 | Author Hunter who wrote under the pen name Ed McBain |
| 44% | ROBERTGALBRAITH | 15 | Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling" |
| 44% | MAE | 3 | West who wrote plays under the pen name Jane Mast |
| 42% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Thriller writer who also wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer who also wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 42% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author of "Jo's Boys" Louisa May ___ who wrote under the pen name A.M. Barnard |
| 42% | EROTICA | 7 | Works by Anne Rice under the pen name of A. N. Roquelaure, e.g. |
| 42% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance writer who also wrote under the pen name J.D. Robb (2 wds.) |
| 41% | BRONTE | 6 | Author of "Wuthering Heights" Emily ___ who wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell |
| 41% | GEORGEELIOT | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Silas Marner" |
| 41% | ELLISBELL | 9 | Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights" |
| 40% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANDYSTACK | 9 | Pen name of the female author of True Detective stories |
| 40% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Out of Africa" |
| 39% | LEWIS | 5 | ___ Carroll, pen name for the author and poet Charles Dodgson |
| 39% | KEENE | 5 | Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series |
| 39% | SEUSS | 5 | Children's author Dr. ___ |
| 38% | LEMONYSNICKET | 13 | Pen name of the author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events": 2 wds. |
| 38% | BELL | 4 | ___ hooks, pen name for the author and poet Gloria Jean Watkins |
| 38% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 38% | LEE | 3 | Author Nelle ___ of "Go Set a Watchman" who wrote under the pen name Harper |
| 37% | GEORGE | 6 | ___ Eliot, pen name of 19th century author Mary Ann Evans known for "Middlemarch" |
| 37% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Author who sometimes uses the pen name Richard Bachman |
| 36% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 36% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Children's author of The BFG and Matilda |
| 36% | TRESSELL | 8 | Robert —, pen name of the author of 1914 posthumously published novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
| 36% | OHENRY | 6 | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million |
| 36% | BLYTON | 6 | Children's author Enid, created The Famous Five |
| 36% | ISAK | 4 | Danish author Karen Blixen's pen name ___ Dinesen under which "Babette's Feast" was published |