| 100% | BLUME | 5 | Judy who wrote “Superfudge” and “Fudge-a-Mania” |
| 56% | LOWERY | 6 | David who wrote and directed A Ghost Story |
| 55% | ALLIE | 5 | Brosh who wrote "Hyperbole and a Half" |
| 54% | HENRIK | 6 | Ibsen who wrote A Doll's House and Peer Gynt |
| 52% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." |
| 51% | AGEE | 4 | Jon who wrote and illustrated "Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog!" |
| 51% | NICKHORNBY | 10 | British author who wrote "About a Boy," 16-Across, and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "I dwelt alone / In a world of moan, / And my soul was a stagnant tide" |
| 51% | HOWARDSTERN | 11 | Radio personality who wrote 13-Across, 23-Across, and a 2019 bestselling autobiography (2 wds.) |
| 51% | XXXXX | 5 | Judy who wrote "Blubber" |
| 50% | ALLEN | 5 | ___ Ginsberg, poet who wrote "Howl" and a major figure of the Beat Generation |
| 50% | NIN | 3 | Novelist who wrote "I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living" |
| 50% | PABLO | 5 | ___ Neruda, Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet who wrote "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" |
| 49% | EDGARGUEST | 10 | American poet who wrote “Only a Dad” and “It Couldn’t Be Done” |
| 48% | BAIN | 4 | Donald who wrote a 1963 "memoir" seen in the first words of 17-, 30-, 46- and 60-Across |
| 48% | ERICAJONG | 9 | Author who wrote "Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man" |
| 48% | AMOSOZ | 6 | Israeli author who wrote "A Tale of Love and Darkness" |
| 48% | ELEANOR | 7 | Catton who wrote “Birnam Wood,” about the entanglement between a billionaire and a guerrilla environmental-activism group (March, 2023) |
| 47% | IRA | 3 | Levin who wrote "The Stepford Wives" and "A Kiss Before Dying" |
| 47% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | "Both Sides Now" singer-songwriter who wrote "Morning Glory on the Vine," a book of poetry and drawings (2 wds.) |
| 46% | RAES | 4 | Carson who wrote the Fire and Thorns Trilogy, a NYT best-seller, and poet Armantrout who penned "Versed", a Pulitzer winner |
| 46% | GRETATHUNBERG | 13 | Swedish environmental activist who wrote "No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference" and who turns 18 today (2 wds.) |
| 46% | LEONARDCOHEN | 12 | "Hallelujah" singer-songwriter who wrote "Book of Longing," a book of poetry and drawings (2 wds.) |
| 45% | QUESTLOVE | 9 | The Roots drummer/frontman who wrote the cookbook "Mixtape Potluck: A Dinner Party for Friends, Their Recipes, and the Songs They Inspire" |
| 45% | BLUME | 5 | Judy who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" |
| 45% | POE | 3 | Who wrote "To Helen" and "For Annie" |
| 45% | SARTRE | 6 | Who wrote "Existentialism Is a Humanism," 1945 |
| 45% | ANNE | 4 | Frank who wrote a diary |
| 45% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | WILLROGERS | 10 | Oklahoma wit who wrote "A fool and his money are soon elected": 2 wds. |