| 100% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | English author of "Stardust," "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book" |
| 60% | BLAKE | 5 | William —, English author of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and The Book of Los |
| 58% | DAWKINS | 7 | Richard —, Kenya-born author of books The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion |
| 54% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | English author and screenwriter whose work "The Graveyard Book" won him the Newbery and Carnegie medals: 2 wds. |
| 52% | ANSTEY | 6 | F —, English author of novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 52% | JOSEPHHELLER | 12 | Author of the novels Something Happened and God Knows |
| 52% | GAIMAN | 6 | Neil __, author of the steampunk book Stardust |
| 51% | ANSTEY | 6 | F —, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 51% | ANSTEY | 6 | F -, English author of the novels The Tinted Venus and Vice Versa |
| 51% | DAVIDMAMET | 10 | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow |
| 51% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 51% | ALANGARNER | 10 | Author of children's books Elidor and The Moon of Gomrath |
| 50% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 50% | ASSANGE | 7 | Author of the 2012 book "Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet" |
| 50% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the children's book "James and the Giant Peach": 2 wds. |
| 50% | SEUSS | 5 | Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across |
| 49% | SPOCK | 5 | Benjamin —, author of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care |
| 49% | DAHL | 4 | Roald —, author of 1964 children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| 49% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 49% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 48% | BUCKERIDGE | 10 | Anthony —, author of the Jennings and Rex Milligan series of children's books |
| 48% | LYNNECHENEY | 11 | Author of the children's book "A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women" |
| 48% | JULIANBARNES | 12 | English author who won the Man Booker Prize for "The Sense of an Ending": 2 wds. |
| 48% | WYNDHAMLEWIS | 12 | Vorticist painter; author of novels The Revenge for Love and The Apes of God |
| 48% | TANEHISICOATES | 14 | African-American author of "Between the World and Me," winner of the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction: 2 wds. |
| 47% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 47% | OZEKI | 5 | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| 47% | BRYSON | 6 | Bill —, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods |
| 46% | JANEJACOBS | 10 | Author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” |
| 46% | MADMAN | 6 | “The Professor and the ___” (Simon Winchester book about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary) |