| 100% | HPLOVECRAFT | 11 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu": 3 wds. |
| 77% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | Classic horror author who wrote "The Cask of Amontillado": 3 wds. |
| 72% | LOVECRAFT | 9 | Horror author who wrote "The Call of Cthulhu" |
| 56% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Classic horror author who wrote "Frankenstein": 2 wds. |
| 55% | AAMILNE | 7 | English author who wrote the children's classic "Winnie-the-Pooh" (3 wds.) |
| 54% | EBWHITE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" (3 wds.) |
| 54% | CSLEWIS | 7 | British author who wrote the children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 51% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 50% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 48% | RLSTINE | 7 | American author who wrote the children's series "Goosebumps" (3 wds.) |
| 45% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror author who wrote several novels as Richard Bachman: 2 wds. |
| 45% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 44% | MURIELSPARK | 11 | Scottish author who wrote "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BAUM | 4 | Author who wrote about the Land of Oz |
| 43% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | "Ragtime" author who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in 2013: 3 wds. |
| 43% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author who began writing 28-Across at the age of 18: 2 wds. |
| 42% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Children's author who wrote the novel "Ramona and Her Mother" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who wrote "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards" |
| 42% | ROTH | 4 | Veronica ___, "Divergent" author who curated a Tumblr blog called "The Art of Not Writing" |
| 42% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 42% | EOINCOLFER | 10 | Best-selling author who wrote the eight books in the "Artemis Fowl" series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 42% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 42% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | "Squeeze Me" author who wrote the novel that 49-Across is based on (2 wds.) |
| 41% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |