| 100% | FORSYTH | 7 | Frederick __; spy who wrote The Day of the Jackal |
| 61% | WYNDHAM | 7 | Author John, who wrote The Day of the Triffids |
| 54% | FORSYTH | 7 | Frederick, author of The Day of the Jackal |
| 52% | TED | 3 | Novelist Bell who writes the Alexander Hawke series of spy novels |
| 49% | FOLLETT | 7 | Ken who wrote The Pillars of the Earth |
| 48% | ASHE | 4 | Athlete who wrote the 1993 memoir “Days of Grace” |
| 48% | TENNYSON | 8 | Poet who wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| 48% | UMBERTO | 7 | Italian Eco, who wrote The Name of the Rose |
| 48% | LEROUX | 6 | Author Gaston, who wrote The Phantom of the Opera |
| 48% | COLERIDGE | 9 | Poet who wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| 48% | IDA | 3 | Tarbell who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company |
| 47% | ADLER | 5 | Warren who wrote "The War of the Roses" |
| 47% | ECO | 3 | Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 47% | LEROUX | 6 | Gaston who wrote "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| 47% | LEY | 3 | Willy ___ who wrote "The Conquest of the Moon" |
| 47% | AUEL | 4 | Jean who wrote "The Clan of the Cave Bear" |
| 47% | ANN | 3 | Brashares who wrote "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" |
| 47% | LEROUX | 6 | Gaston ___, Frenchman who wrote "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| 47% | VEBLEN | 6 | Economist who wrote "The Theory of the Leisure Class" |
| 47% | TENNYSON | 8 | Poet who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
| 47% | ALLAN | 5 | Bloom who wrote "The Closing of the American Mind" |
| 47% | ERLE | 4 | Gardner who wrote "The Case of the Negligent Nymph" |
| 47% | ECO | 3 | Author Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" |
| 47% | FOX | 3 | Edward —, actor who played the title role in 1973 film drama The Day of the Jackal |
| 47% | EDITH | 5 | Wharton who wrote The Age of Innocence |
| 47% | ALAN | 4 | Watts who wrote The Way of Zen |
| 46% | ISABEL | 6 | Chilean author Allende who wrote "The House of the Spirits" |
| 46% | TENNYSON | 8 | Poet Alfred who wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade" |
| 46% | MERCEDES | 8 | Lackey who wrote the Heralds of Valdemar series |
| 46% | CASTANEDA | 9 | Carlos who wrote The Teachings of Don Juan |