| 100% | BANKS | 5 | Iain —, late author of novels The Business and The Wasp Factory |
| 66% | IAINBANKS | 9 | Author of the novels The Business and The Wasp Factory |
| 55% | ECO | 3 | Umberto —, late author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 53% | BOWEN | 5 | Elizabeth —, author of novels The Last September and Eva Trout |
| 52% | BAINBRIDGE | 10 | Beryl —, late author of novels According to Queeney and The Dressmaker |
| 52% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 51% | HOBAN | 5 | Russell —, late author of the novels Riddley Walker and Kleinzeit |
| 50% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 49% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 49% | ROBBINS | 7 | Harold —, author of novels The Carpetbaggers and The Betsy |
| 49% | GRISHAM | 7 | John —, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren |
| 49% | COOKSON | 7 | Catherine —, author of novels The Gillyvors and The Invitation |
| 49% | MALAMUD | 7 | Bernard —, author of novels The Assistant and The Fixer |
| 49% | DOSTOEVSKY | 10 | Fyodor —, author of novels The Idiot and The Possessed |
| 49% | DAVIS | 5 | Lindsey —, author of novels The Accusers and The Silver Pigs |
| 48% | EDMCBAIN | 8 | Author of novels Cop Hater and The Mugger |
| 48% | TOMSHARPE | 9 | Author of novels Porterhouse Blue and The Throwback |
| 48% | BOWEN | 5 | Elizabeth —, author of the novels The Last September and Eva Trout |
| 48% | IANMCEWAN | 9 | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden |
| 48% | SARAH | 5 | Author of novels Getting Even and The Other Half |
| 48% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 48% | NARAYAN | 7 | R K —, author of novels The Guide and The Painter of Signs |
| 47% | SELF | 4 | Will —, author of novels The Butt and Dorian |
| 47% | ROBBEGRILLET | 12 | Alain —, author of novels The Erasers and Jealousy |
| 47% | GASH | 4 | Jonathan —, author of the novels Every Last Cent and The Ten Word Game |
| 47% | ISABELWOLFF | 11 | Author of novels Rescuing Rose and The Very Picture of You |