| 100% | CHAUCER | 7 | Geoffrey __, author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 93% | CHAUCER | 7 | Geoffrey —, author of The Canterbury Tales buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey |
| 86% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of the Canterbury Tales |
| 80% | CHAUCER | 7 | Geoffrey, writer of The Canterbury Tales |
| 75% | CHAUCER | 7 | Author of "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 64% | GOSCINNY | 8 | Author of the Astérix tales, René __ |
| 64% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of The Handmaid's Tale |
| 60% | MILLER | 6 | Canterbury Tale teller of the second story |
| 59% | DUNN | 4 | Nell —, author of the stage plays Steaming and Cancer Tales |
| 58% | THETABARD | 9 | Inn in Southwark, London, mentioned in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 57% | SETTERFIELD | 11 | Diane —, author of 2006 novel The Thirteenth Tale |
| 57% | MURASAKISHIKIBU | 15 | Author of “The Tale of Genji,” often called the world’s first novel |
| 56% | BEATRIX | 7 | The Tale of Peter Rabbit author, __ Potter |
| 56% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 56% | CHAUCER | 7 | "The Canterbury Tales" author |
| 55% | REEVE | 5 | Teller of the third tale in "The Canterbury Tales" |
| 55% | PERRAULT | 8 | Charles —, French author of fairy tales Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty |
| 55% | MERCHANT | 8 | Teller of a Canterbury Tale on the blinded January |
| 54% | ATWOOD | 6 | Author of "The Handmaid's Tale" Margaret __ |
| 54% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | "The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies" author |
| 53% | ATWOOD | 6 | Margaret ___, author of "The Handmaid's Tale" |
| 52% | ALANPLATER | 10 | Dramatist; author of ITV’s The Beiderbecke Trilogy and BBC TV series Trinity Tales |
| 52% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
| 52% | PRIORESS | 8 | The Canterbury Tales character |
| 51% | LEOCHERNE | 9 | Author of the quote |
| 51% | CHARLESDICKENS | 14 | Author of the quote |
| 51% | REDSMITH | 8 | Author of the Stepquote |
| 51% | OSCARWILDE | 10 | Author of the quip |
| 51% | ALFREDENEUMAN | 13 | Author of the quip |
| 51% | NAPOLEON | 8 | Author of the advice |