| 100% | SYD | 3 | Hoff who wrote and illustrated "Danny and the Dinosaur" |
| 73% | SYD | 3 | Cartoonist Hoff who wrote "Danny and the Dinosaur" |
| 56% | ALISONBECHDEL | 13 | Cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the graphic memoir "Are You My Mother?" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SYD | 3 | "Danny and the Dinosaur" author Hoff |
| 55% | SYD | 3 | "Danny and the Dinosaur" writer Hoff |
| 54% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote and illustrated "The Giving Tree" |
| 50% | AGEE | 4 | Jon who wrote and illustrated "Palindromania!" |
| 48% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American who wrote The Old Man and the Sea |
| 47% | BILLNYE | 7 | Who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 47% | AGEE | 4 | Jon who wrote and illustrated "Smart Feller, Fart Smeller and Other Spoonerisms" |
| 46% | TANEHISI | 8 | Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" |
| 46% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 46% | OYD | 3 | Poet who wrote "Fortune and love favor the brave" |
| 46% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote Between the World and Me |
| 46% | ELI | 3 | Roth who wrote and directed the horror movie "Hostel" |
| 45% | AGEE | 4 | Jon who wrote and illustrated "Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog!" |
| 45% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Who wrote and sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" |
| 45% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 45% | SAGET | 5 | Bob who wrote and directed the mockumentary Farce of the Penguins |
| 45% | GUNN | 4 | James who wrote and directed both "Guardians of the Galaxy" films |
| 45% | NYE | 3 | Popular engineer who wrote Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation |
| 44% | OCASEY | 6 | Sean who wrote "Juno and the Paycock" |
| 44% | CANDACE | 7 | Bushnell who wrote "Sex and the City" |
| 44% | MACLEAN | 7 | Sarah who wrote Daring and the Duke |
| 44% | KASTNER | 7 | Erich who wrote "Emil and the Detectives" |
| 44% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 44% | ECO | 3 | Umberto who wrote "Foucault's Pendulum" and "The Name of the Rose" |
| 44% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote and composed the music for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 44% | NYE | 3 | TV scientist Bill who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 44% | NYE | 3 | Science guy Bill who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |