| 100% | TED | 3 | Nebula- and Hugo-winning writer Chiang |
| 85% | TED | 3 | Nebula- and Hugo-winning writer Chiang whose short story "Story of Your Life" is the basis of the film "Arrival" |
| 73% | OCTAVIA | 7 | Science fiction writer Butler who won two Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards |
| 60% | ENEMYMINE | 9 | Barry B. Longyear novella that won Hugo and Nebula awards |
| 60% | GODS | 4 | "American ___" (Neil Gaiman novel that won the Hugo and Nebula) |
| 57% | NAOMINOVIK | 10 | Nebula- and Hugo-nominated writer known for 14-Across, 44-Across and the "Temeraire" series (2 wds.) |
| 55% | OCTAVIABUTLER | 13 | African-American sci-fi novelist who won two Hugo Awards and two Nebula Awards (2 wds.) |
| 54% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "Coraline": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ANNLECKIE | 9 | Sci-fi author whose 2013 novel "Ancillary Justice" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| 53% | ORSONSCOTTCARD | 14 | "Ender's Game" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
| 53% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | "Rendezvous With Rama" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 3 wds. |
| 53% | NKJEMISIN | 9 | Sci-fi author whose 2017 novel "The Stone Sky" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 3 wds. |
| 52% | NNEDIOKORAFOR | 13 | 15-Across and 32-Across novelist who won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for "Binti" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | NNEDIOKORAFOR | 13 | African-American sci-fi novelist who won a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award for Best Novella (2 wds.) |
| 51% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | "The Left Hand of Darkness" author who won a Hugo and a Nebula in the same year, twice: 4 wds. |
| 51% | CONNIEWILLIS | 12 | Sci-fi author whose 2010 two-volume novel "Blackout/All Clear" won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards: 2 wds. |
| 50% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 50% | URSULAKLEGUIN | 13 | American novelist who won eight Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards in a writing career that spanned six decades (4 wds.) |
| 47% | CORALINE | 8 | Hugo and Nebula Award winner for kids' novella (2003) |
| 46% | ALIX | 4 | Hugo-winning writer __ E. Harrow |
| 45% | PREMEEMOHAMED | 13 | Writer whose "And What Can We Offer You Tonight" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 41% | NEILS | 5 | Pulitzer-winning writer Sheehan and others |
| 40% | DALEC | 5 | "How to Win Friends and Influence People" writer |
| 40% | ASHLEY | 6 | Emmy-winning writer and actress ___ Nicole Black |
| 40% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 40% | SAMUELRDELANY | 13 | Novelist who won Nebula Awards for "Babel-17" and "The Einstein Intersection" (3 wds.) |
| 40% | NOBEL | 5 | With 32- and 38-Across, 2014 honor won by the writer of 15-Across |
| 40% | DALE | 4 | "How To Win Friends and Influence People" writer Carnegie |
| 40% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 39% | ANNE | 4 | Sci-fi writer McCaffrey, who was the first woman to win a Hugo for fiction |