| 100% | SEDARIS | 7 | Humorist David who wrote the essay collections "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Happy-Go-Lucky" |
| 44% | SEDARIS | 7 | "Me Talk Pretty One Day" humorist David |
| 39% | DAY | 3 | "Me Talk Pretty One ___" (essay collection by David Sedaris) |
| 38% | SEDARIS | 7 | "Me Talk Pretty One Day" humorist |
| 38% | SEDARIS | 7 | "Me Talk Pretty One Day" writer David |
| 34% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 34% | MITSKI | 6 | Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright" |
| 32% | BALDACCI | 8 | Best-selling author David who writes the “King and Maxwell” novels |
| 32% | DAVID | 5 | "Me Talk Pretty One Day" essayist Sedaris |
| 31% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 30% | TANEHISI | 8 | Coates who wrote "Between the World and Me" |
| 30% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote, “Let us go then, you and I, / When the evening is spread out against the sky / Like a patient etherized upon a table” |
| 30% | LISASCOTTOLINE | 14 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Look Again" and "Don't Go": 2 wds. |
| 30% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote Between the World and Me |
| 30% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the 2007 memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 30% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer who wrote the poetry collection "The Lords and the New Creatures" |
| 30% | ALDA | 4 | Actor who wrote the memoir “Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself” |
| 29% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who wrote the children's book "The One and Only Sparkella": 2 wds. |
| 29% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 29% | HERO | 4 | One who saves the day and the damsel |
| 29% | CHO | 3 | Comedian Margaret who wrote the bestselling memoir "I'm the One That I Want" |
| 28% | MAMET | 5 | David who wrote the screenplay for "The Verdict" |
| 28% | DODIE | 5 | Smith who wrote "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" |
| 28% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan who wrote the memoir "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself" |
| 28% | ARDEN | 5 | Who said "There's only one Elizabeth like me, and that's the queen" |
| 28% | FIRE | 4 | I'm one of the classical elements who is associated with heat and dryness |
| 27% | NASH | 4 | Ogden ___, American poet who wrote "The Turtle" and is known as one of the foremost producers of humorous poetry |
| 27% | SASHA | 5 | One of the daughters for whom the 2010 book "Of Thee I Sing" was written |
| 27% | NICCIFRENCH | 11 | Pseudonymous writing team who authored thrillers Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly |
| 27% | OGDEN | 5 | Nash who wrote, “Some tortures are physical and some are mental / But the one that is both is dental” |