| 100% | ANDERSON | 8 | Journalist Cooper who co-wrote the memoir "The Rainbow Comes and Goes" with his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt |
| 38% | DERN | 4 | Actress Laura who co-wrote the memoir "Honey, Baby, Mine" with her mother, Diane Ladd |
| 37% | ELIOT | 5 | Poet who wrote "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo" |
| 33% | BAEZ | 4 | Folk singer Joan who wrote the memoir "And A Voice to Sing With" |
| 32% | CASTRO | 6 | World leader who co-wrote the book "How Far We Slaves Have Come!" with Mandela |
| 31% | ALISONBECHDEL | 13 | Cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the graphic memoir "Are You My Mother?" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | STEINER | 7 | Max who conducted the music for King Kong and Gone With the Wind |
| 30% | IDABWELLS | 9 | Journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist who co-founded the NAACP |
| 30% | MILEY | 5 | Singer Cyrus who wrote the memoir "Miles to Go" |
| 29% | WILLIAMHOWARDTA | 15 | Who said "Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever" |
| 29% | PELE | 4 | Athlete who wrote the memoir "My Life and the Beautiful Game" |
| 29% | PADMA | 5 | Lakshmi who wrote the memoir "Love, Loss, and What We Ate" |
| 29% | GREG | 4 | Writer-producer Daniels, who co-wrote "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" with 36a |
| 29% | AMYPOEHLER | 10 | "Parks and Recreation" actress who wrote the memoir "Yes Please": 2 wds. |
| 29% | WIESEL | 6 | Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie who wrote the memoirs "Night," "Dawn," and "Day" |
| 29% | SCOTT | 5 | With 35-Across, lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Presumed Innocent" and "Personal Injuries" |
| 28% | ALAN | 4 | Astronaut Shepard who co-wrote the memoir "Moon Shot" |
| 28% | STEINER | 7 | Composer Max, who wrote Gone With The Wind score |
| 28% | WILLIAMBUTLER | 13 | ___ Yeats, Irish poet who wrote the poem "The Second Coming" and helped found the Abbey Theatre: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JOHNLENNON | 10 | English songwriter who co-founded the Beatles and is known for his song "Imagine": 2 wds. |
| 28% | RACHEL | 6 | With 31-Across, Debbie Downer portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "Girl Walks Into a Bar ..." |
| 28% | KERRI | 5 | With 37-Across, 1996 US gymnastics Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir "Landing on My Feet" |
| 28% | MICHELLEOBAMA | 13 | Former first lady who wrote the memoirs "Becoming" and "The Light We Carry" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | IDABVVELLS | 10 | Investigative journalist and civil rights pioneer who co-founded the N.A.A.C.P. |
| 28% | DANA | 4 | With 21-Down, journalist who co-hosts CNN's "State of the Union" |
| 28% | LISASCOTTOLINE | 14 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "Look Again" and "Don't Go": 2 wds. |
| 28% | KATEMULGREW | 11 | Actress who wrote the 2015 memoir "Born With Teeth": 2 wds. |
| 28% | VARGAS | 6 | Pulitzer-winning journalist Jose Antonio who wrote the memoir "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen" |
| 28% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | TV program creator and host who wrote the memoir "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 28% | MCENROE | 7 | Tennis champ John who co-wrote the memoir "You Cannot Be Serious" |