| 100% | GRISHAM | 7 | Novelist John who wrote "The Firm" and "The Client" |
| 68% | GRISHAM | 7 | "The Firm" and "The Client" novelist John |
| 68% | GRISHAM | 7 | Author who penned The Firm and The Client |
| 67% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 65% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 64% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 62% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 61% | ELLE | 4 | Novelist Kennedy who writes the Briar U and Avalon Bay romance series |
| 60% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 58% | GREEN | 5 | John ___, American author and YouTuber who wrote the best-selling novel "Paper Towns" |
| 57% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 56% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "The Firm" and "The Pelican Brief": 2 wds. |
| 55% | JAMESBALDVVIN | 13 | Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" |
| 54% | ANNE | 4 | ___ Bronte, novelist and poet who wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell |
| 54% | MOAT | 4 | John —, poet and novelist who co-founded the Arvon Foundation in 1968 |
| 54% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | MAILER | 6 | Norman who wrote The Naked and the Dead |
| 54% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | HOWARD | 6 | John —, prison reformer who wrote 1777 book The State of Prisons in England and Wales |
| 53% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | CUSK | 4 | Novelist Rachel who wrote the “Outline” trilogy |
| 53% | CARPENTER | 9 | John who directed The Thing and Halloween |
| 53% | NORRIS | 6 | Frank ___, Progressive-era novelist who wrote "The Octopus" and "McTeague" |
| 52% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" |
| 52% | READE | 5 | Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 52% | FREUD | 5 | Psychoanalyst who wrote "The Ego and the Id" |
| 52% | TARTT | 5 | Novelist Donna, who wrote The Goldfinch |
| 52% | ELTON | 5 | John who co-wrote the song “Ego” and the book “Me” |
| 52% | SLOAN | 5 | Novelist Wilson who wrote "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" |