| 100% | KELLYYANG | 9 | Chinese-American author who based 11-Across on her own experience |
| 41% | AGNESGREY | 9 | Anne Brontë novel based on her own experiences as a governess |
| 40% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | "Squeeze Me" author who wrote the novel that 49-Across is based on (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 34% | SINGLEMOM | 9 | Woman who raises a kid on her own: 2 wds. |
| 34% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 33% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MINDYKALING | 11 | Star of her own TV "Project" who formerly played Kelly on "The Office": 2 wds. |
| 32% | WRATH | 5 | "The Grapes of ___," novel by American author John Steinbeck based on the struggles of migrant farmworkers |
| 32% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author who penned The Godfather |
| 31% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle |
| 31% | POE | 3 | American author who created the detective fiction genre |
| 30% | SWIFT | 5 | Artist who released 15 Across on the day she was exactly 12,000 days old |
| 30% | DEFOE | 5 | Author who wrote on Friday? |
| 30% | BEE | 3 | Comedian Samantha who hosts her own show on 20 Down |
| 30% | AREYOUTHERE | 11 | American sitcom "___, Chelsea?" in which Laura Prepon plays the author whose book the drama was based on: 3 wds. |
| 29% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 29% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author who edited her husband's poems |
| 29% | TAYLORSWIFT | 11 | American singer who created hits like "Blank Space" and "Bad Blood," and releases her newest album on the 10th: 2 wds. |
| 28% | SHELDON | 7 | American author Sidney ___ who wrote the "Midnight" series |
| 28% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 28% | PLATH | 5 | Sylvia ___, American author who only wrote one novel, "The Bell Jar" |
| 28% | INTOTHEWILD | 11 | 2007 American biographical survival film based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America, starring Emile Hirsch: 3 wds. |
| 28% | MARLEYDIAS | 10 | Young American activist and feminist who launched a book drive campaign called 1000BlackGirlBooks when she was just 11: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DEFOE | 5 | Author who did part of his work on Friday |
| 28% | DEFOE | 5 | Author who did part of his work on Friday? |
| 28% | BIPED | 5 | She stands on her own two feet |
| 28% | POLKA | 5 | With 11 Across, design on some dresses |
| 28% | MEGAN | 5 | ___ Rapinoe, American soccer player who led her team to victory in the FIFA Women's World Cup on 7th July 2019 |