| 100% | SILVA | 5 | Daniel who writes the Gabriel Allon spy novels |
| 82% | SILVA | 5 | Novelist Daniel who writes the Gabriel Allon spy thrillers |
| 53% | IAN | 3 | Fleming who wrote the Bond spy novels |
| 51% | TED | 3 | Novelist Bell who writes the Alexander Hawke series of spy novels |
| 45% | THENEWGIRL | 10 | 2019 Daniel Silva novel featuring spy Gabriel Allon investigating the disappearance of the daughter of a Saudi prince (3 wds.) |
| 44% | ELENA | 5 | Italian author Ferrante, who wrote the "Neapolitan Novels" |
| 44% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie who wrote the "Twilight" novels |
| 44% | DONOGHUE | 8 | Emma who wrote the novel Room |
| 44% | ELLISON | 7 | Ralph who wrote the novel "Juneteenth" |
| 43% | MCBAIN | 6 | Ed who wrote the 87th Precinct novels |
| 43% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 43% | TATE | 4 | Poet who wrote the novel "The Fathers" |
| 43% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who wrote the 2011 novel "Modelland" |
| 43% | DISRAELI | 8 | British politician who wrote the novel Coningsby |
| 43% | BRAM | 4 | Stoker who wrote the epistolary novel "Dracula" |
| 43% | FRANZEN | 7 | Jonathan who wrote the 2021 novel "Crossroads" |
| 43% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who wrote the YA novel "Modelland" |
| 43% | SMITH | 5 | Zadie who wrote the 2016 novel "Swing Time" |
| 42% | JASPER | 6 | Fforde who writes the "Thursday Next" mystery novels |
| 42% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 42% | KEN | 3 | Follett who wrote the 2014 novel "Edge of Eternity" |
| 42% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the new novel "Under Currents" |
| 42% | TED | 3 | American author ___ Bell who wrote the Alexander Hawke novel series |
| 42% | SNOOKI | 6 | TV star who wrote the novel "A Shore Thing," informally |
| 41% | LECARRE | 7 | John, who wrote The Spy Who Came In from the Cold |
| 41% | DAN | 3 | American author ___ Brown who wrote the Robert Langdon series of novels |
| 41% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Former lawyer who wrote the bestselling novel "The Reckoning" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Former lawyer who wrote the bestselling 2018 novel "The Reckoning" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 41% | THOMASPYNCHON | 13 | National Book Award winner who wrote the 1963 novel "V.": 2 wds. |