| 100% | SEUSS | 5 | Late author of the 2015 kids' book "What Pet Should I Get?" |
| 54% | PET | 3 | "What ___ Should I Get?," 2015 book by Dr. Seuss that chronicles the adventures of Jay and Kay |
| 41% | SENDAK | 6 | Author of the controversial kids' book "In the Night Kitchen" |
| 40% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Author of the tortoise-themed kid's book Esio Trot |
| 39% | SCHWAB | 6 | Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" |
| 36% | HARPERLEE | 9 | Author of the book that Times readers voted the best of the last hundred and twenty-five years |
| 35% | VERNE | 5 | Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" |
| 35% | JUDITHKRANTZ | 12 | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples |
| 34% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the Oz books |
| 34% | KIPLING | 7 | Author of The Jungle Book: Rudyard __ |
| 34% | JANSSON | 7 | Author of the Moomin books, Tove __ |
| 34% | RLSTINE | 7 | Author of the "Goosebumps" book series |
| 33% | HOBAN | 5 | Russell —, late author of the novels Riddley Walker and Kleinzeit |
| 33% | ONO | 3 | Author of the 1964 artist's book "Grapefruit" |
| 33% | EZRA | 4 | Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition |
| 33% | ELJAMES | 7 | Author of the Fifty Shades trilogy of books |
| 33% | STINE | 5 | Author of the "Mostly Ghostly" book series |
| 33% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 33% | BAUM | 4 | Author of the original Oz books |
| 33% | JOE | 3 | Author of the "Locke & Key" comic book series ___ Hill |
| 33% | DAHL | 4 | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| 33% | GAIMAN | 6 | Neil __, author of the steampunk book Stardust |
| 33% | NOONE | 5 | Who "can get in the way of what I'm feelin'," in an Alicia Keys hit |
| 33% | SCARRY | 6 | Author of kids' Busytown books |
| 33% | BERENSTAIN | 10 | Author of kids' "bear" books |
| 32% | OTTESSA | 7 | ___ Moshfegh, author of the 2015 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award-winning novel "Eileen" |
| 32% | JKROWLING | 9 | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| 32% | CORNWELL | 8 | Bernard __, author of the Sharpe series of books |
| 32% | ISA | 3 | "If Life ___ Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" (Erma Bombeck book): 2 wds. |
| 32% | ERNESTHEMINGWAY | 15 | Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid |