| 100% | ATHOL | 5 | Fugard who wrote the 2015 play "The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek" |
| 36% | JACKWHITE | 9 | "Lazaretto" rock singer who headlined at the 2015 Coachella Festival: 2 wds. |
| 36% | CHO | 3 | Comedian Margaret who played a North Korean dictator at the 2015 Golden Globes |
| 35% | SUE | 3 | Grafton who wrote the 2015 mystery "X" |
| 33% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Rock star who wrote the poetry collection "The American Night" |
| 33% | KATEMULGREW | 11 | Actress who wrote the 2015 memoir "Born With Teeth": 2 wds. |
| 33% | IRIS | 4 | Rock musician Donnie ___, who wrote the hit "The Rapper" |
| 33% | PATTI | 5 | Rock icon Smith who wrote the memoir "Just Kids" |
| 32% | LORRIE | 6 | Moore who wrote "A Gate at the Stairs" |
| 32% | INGE | 4 | William who wrote "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" |
| 32% | HAL | 3 | Actor Holbrook who wrote the play "Mark Twain Tonight!" |
| 32% | HENDRIX | 7 | Guitarist who famously played the national anthem at Woodstock |
| 32% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Author of the Kinsey Millhone mysteries who wrote the 2015 novel "X": 2 wds. |
| 32% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 31% | TINAFEY | 7 | "30 Rock" actress who wrote the memoir "Bossypants": 2 wds. |
| 31% | HELLER | 6 | Joseph who wrote the play “We Bombed in New Haven” |
| 31% | SAMSMITH | 8 | Singer who wrote The Writing's on the Wall in 2015 |
| 31% | ALBEE | 5 | Edward who wrote the play "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia" |
| 31% | LETTS | 5 | 2008 Pulitzer winner Tracy, who wrote the play "August: Osage County" |
| 31% | EDDIE | 5 | Redmayne who won the 2015 Best Actor Oscar playing Stephen Hawking |
| 31% | URIS | 4 | Novelist who wrote the screenplay for "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" |
| 31% | TINAFEY | 7 | "30 Rock" actress/creator who wrote the 2011 memoir "Bossypants": 2 wds. |
| 30% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | Country music superstar who wrote the 2015 autobiography "It's a Long Story: My Life" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 30% | FLAGG | 5 | Fannie who wrote the novel "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" |
| 30% | ERIC | 4 | Mayor Adams who wrote the plant-based-life-style book “Healthy at Last” |
| 30% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Political commentator who wrote "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 30% | IGGYPOP | 7 | Rock singer who played with The Stooges |
| 30% | IVANKA | 6 | The Trump who wrote "The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life" |
| 30% | SAMSNEAD | 8 | Three-time Masters winner who wrote the memoir "Golf Begins at Forty" (2 wds.) |