| 100% | PRIESTLEY | 9 | J.B. __; novelist who wrote The Good Companions |
| 55% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 54% | LFRANKBAUM | 10 | *Best-selling novelist who wrote the children's poetry volume "Father Goose" |
| 53% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 53% | TESSADARE | 9 | Romance novelist who wrote The Duchess Deal |
| 53% | BOB | 3 | Woodward who wrote the best seller "Rage" |
| 53% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ISAACS | 6 | Susan who wrote the best seller "Compromising Positions" |
| 53% | STEFAN | 6 | Fatsis who wrote the best-selling "Word Freak" |
| 53% | TEIGEN | 6 | Model Chrissy who wrote the best seller "Cravings" |
| 52% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | *Irish novelist who writes the "Dublin Murder Squad" series |
| 51% | URIS | 4 | Novelist who wrote the screenplay for "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" |
| 51% | MIRANDAJAMES | 12 | Novelist who writes the Cat in the Stacks mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ISADORE | 7 | Rosenfeld who wrote the best seller "Live Now, Age Later" |
| 51% | FREY | 4 | James who wrote the best seller "A Million Little Pieces" |
| 51% | SANDRABROWN | 11 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "Outfox" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | SOFIE | 5 | With 31-Across, novelist who writes the Magical Cats mystery series |
| 51% | OLIVER | 6 | TV personality Jamie ___ who wrote the best-seller "Everyday Super Food" |
| 51% | LAWSON | 6 | TV personality Nigella ___ who wrote the best-seller "How to Eat" |
| 50% | NORA | 4 | ___ Roberts, romance novelist known for "Northern Lights" who also wrote under the pseudonym J.D. Robb |
| 50% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 50% | COATES | 6 | Ta-Nehisi who wrote the best seller "Between the World and Me" |
| 50% | TOLKIEN | 7 | Author who wrote The Hobbit, J.R.R. __ |
| 50% | KORDA | 5 | Michael who wrote the 1975 best seller "Power!" |
| 49% | AUSTEN | 6 | Novelist who wrote, “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid” |
| 49% | ELOISAJAMES | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Desperate Duchesses series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 49% | DEBBIEMACOMBER | 14 | Romance novelist who wrote the Blossom Street series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Chesapeake Bay series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NAOMI | 5 | Klein who wrote the best seller "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate" |