| 100% | ADIE | 4 | Kate —, journalist; author of 2002 autobiography The Kindness of Strangers |
| 76% | ADIE | 4 | Kate —, journalist whose autobiography The Kindness Of Strangers was published in 2002 |
| 41% | CRISP | 5 | Quentin —, author of 1968 autobiography The Naked Civil Servant |
| 40% | STEIN | 5 | Gertrude —, author of 1933 book The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas |
| 40% | BLANCHEDUBOIS | 13 | Heroine who declares "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" |
| 40% | PACKARD | 7 | Vance —, US journalist; author of 1957 book The Hidden Persuaders |
| 39% | HELENKELLER | 11 | US author of 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life; subject of 1962 biopic The Miracle Worker |
| 39% | STEIN | 5 | Gertrude —, author of The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas |
| 39% | HELEN | 5 | & 1D US author of 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life; subject of 1962 biopic The Miracle Worker |
| 39% | EXITLINE | 8 | Blanche DuBois's "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," e.g. |
| 38% | FRANKMUIR | 9 | Author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad |
| 38% | MOSSE | 5 | Kate —, author of the novels Labyrinth and Crucifix Lane |
| 36% | MUIR | 4 | Frank —, author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad |
| 36% | THOMPSON | 8 | Kate —, author of novels The O'Hara Affair and The Blue Hour |
| 36% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novels "Nine Perfect Strangers" and 47-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | HOLLINGHURST | 12 | Alan —, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger's Child |
| 35% | WINN | 4 | Godfrey —, author of volumes of autobiography The Positive Hour and The Infirm Glory |
| 34% | ANNRULE | 7 | Author of "The Stranger Beside Me," 1980 |
| 34% | CAMUS | 5 | Absurdist author of "The Stranger" |
| 34% | IAN | 3 | "Atonement" and "The Comfort of Strangers" author McEwan |
| 34% | HERMANWOUK | 10 | Author of 1971 novel The Winds of War |
| 33% | FRANZBOAS | 9 | Author of 1911's The Mind of Primitive Man |
| 33% | CAMUS | 5 | Albert ___, Nobel-winning author of "The Stranger" |
| 33% | FLOYD | 5 | Keith —, television chef who authored 2000 autobiography Out of the Frying Pan |
| 32% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the novel The Decameron |
| 32% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of Interview with the Vampire |
| 32% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 32% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of "Interview With the Vampire" |