| 100% | NEXO | 4 | Martin Andersen —, Danish author of 1906-10 four volume novel Pelle The Conqueror |
| 81% | NEXO | 4 | Martin Andersen —, Danish author of four volume novel Pelle the Conqueror |
| 39% | NESBIT | 6 | Edith —, author of 1906 novel The Railway Children |
| 39% | SINCLAIR | 8 | Upton —, US author of 1906 novel The Jungle |
| 37% | FOWLES | 6 | John —, author of the 1977 novel Daniel Martin |
| 35% | LEQUEUX | 7 | William —, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces |
| 34% | MASON | 5 | A E W —, author of the novels The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers |
| 34% | IBANEZ | 6 | Vicente Blasco —, Spanish author of the novels Mare Nostrum and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| 34% | AMIS | 4 | Martin —, author of the novels Yellow Dog and Other People |
| 33% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the classic dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four": 2 wds. |
| 33% | HANS | 4 | ___ Christian Andersen, Danish author of "The Ugly Duckling" |
| 33% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Author of the novels Nineteen Eighty-Four and Coming Up for Air |
| 33% | JULES | 5 | With 49-Across, author of the novel suggested by this puzzle's theme; the movie debuted 10/17/1956 |
| 33% | ANDERSEN | 8 | Danish author of The Emperor's New Clothes |
| 32% | TROLLOPE | 8 | Author of the Barsetshire novels |
| 32% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author of the Godfather novels |
| 32% | BOCCACCIO | 9 | Author of the novel The Decameron |
| 32% | AYNRAND | 7 | Author of 1943 novel The Fountainhead |
| 32% | IANRANKIN | 9 | Author of the Inspector Rebus novels |
| 31% | JOHNFOWLES | 10 | Author of novels Mantissa and Daniel Martin |
| 31% | SEWELL | 6 | Author of the novel "Black Beauty": Anna __ |
| 31% | DANBROWN | 8 | Author of the novel "Inferno": 2 wds. |
| 31% | DICKENS | 7 | Author of the novel "Bleak House": Charles __ |
| 31% | FAULKS | 6 | Author of the WWI novel Birdsong: Sebastian __ |
| 31% | MAURIER | 7 | Author of the novel Rebecca: Daphne du __ |
| 31% | ANNASEWELL | 10 | Author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty |
| 31% | KINSELLA | 8 | Author of the Shopaholic novel series, Sophie |
| 31% | WALTERBESANT | 12 | Author of 1896 novel The Master Craftsman |
| 31% | JAMES | 5 | Author of the novels Deliverance and Alnilam |