| 100% | CHELSEACLINTON | 14 | Daughter of the 42nd president who wrote "She Persisted": 2 wds. |
| 61% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Daughter of the 43rd president who wrote "Everything Beautiful in Its Time": 3 wds. |
| 54% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 54% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 50% | RICHARDNIXON | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | U.S. president who wrote the novels "The President Is Missing" and "The President's Daughter" with 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | PATTI | 5 | With 40-Across, daughter of the 40th president who wrote "The Long Goodbye" |
| 47% | JIMMYCARTER | 11 | Democratic president who once served as the governor of Georgia: 2 wds. |
| 47% | BILLCLINTON | 11 | Democratic president who once served as the governor of Arkansas: 2 wds. |
| 47% | CHARLESDARWIN | 13 | Medical school dropout who wrote "On the Origin of Species": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JOHNUPDIKE | 10 | Author of the Rabbit series who wrote the 1988 novel "S.": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BARACKOBAMA | 11 | Former US President who authored the book "The Audacity of Hope": 2 wds. |
| 46% | AUGUSTWILSON | 12 | Playwright of the month who wrote "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson": 2 wds. |
| 46% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | Democratic president who once served as the governor of New Jersey: 2 wds. |
| 46% | LENADUNHAM | 10 | "Girls" actress who wrote the memoir "Not That Kind of Girl": 2 wds. |
| 46% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | First Lady of the United States (2009-2017) who wrote "Becoming": 2 wds. |
| 46% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BETTYFORD | 9 | First Lady who wrote the 1978 memoir "The Times of My Life": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LENADUNHAM | 10 | "Girls" actress/creator who wrote the 2014 memoir "Not That Kind of Girl": 2 wds. |
| 46% | BARBARABUSH | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1989-1993) who wrote "Millie's Book": 2 wds. |
| 45% | CALVINCOOLIDGE | 14 | US vice president who became president upon the death of Warren Harding in 1923: 2 wds. |
| 45% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | TV program creator and host who wrote the memoir "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 45% | NANCYREAGAN | 11 | First Lady of the United States (1981-1989) who wrote "To Love a Child": 2 wds. |
| 45% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 45% | EMMALAZARUS | 11 | Female US poet who wrote "The New Colossus" (the poem on the Statue of Liberty): 2 wds. |
| 44% | CHELSEAHANDLER | 14 | TV comedian who wrote the best-selling 2025 memoir "I'll Have What She's Having": 2 wds. |
| 44% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 44% | ALEXISBLEDEL | 12 | "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" actress who played daughter Rory on 14-Across: 2 wds. |
| 44% | SOPHIEKINSELLA | 14 | Author of the "Shopaholic" novels who also wrote stand-alone novels as Madeleine Wickham: 2 wds. |
| 44% | RICKYGERVAIS | 12 | British star of "The Office" who wrote the "Flanimals" kid-lit series: 2 wds. |