| 100% | TABITHA | 7 | Novelist King who wrote "Caretakers" and "One on One" |
| 58% | JAMESBALDVVIN | 13 | Novelist and civil rights activist who wrote "Go Tell It on the Mountain" |
| 54% | EMILY | 5 | ___ Bronte, famous novelist and poet who wrote only one novel, "Wuthering Heights" |
| 53% | OBRIAN | 6 | Novelist Patrick who wrote "Master and Commander" |
| 53% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 52% | JANE | 4 | Novelist Austen, who wrote Pride and Prejudice |
| 51% | ELIAS | 5 | English novelist Canetti who wrote "Crowds and Power" |
| 50% | ADAIR | 5 | Gilbert who wrote "Love and Death on Long Island" |
| 50% | LEONURIS | 8 | Novelist who wrote "Exodus" and "Topaz" |
| 49% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 49% | GRISHAM | 7 | Novelist John who wrote "The Firm" and "The Client" |
| 49% | ALI | 3 | Novelist Smith who wrote “Autumn,” “Winter,” “Spring,” and “Summer” |
| 49% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 49% | ADDRESSER | 9 | One who writes on envelopes |
| 48% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 48% | ANNOTATOR | 9 | One who writes notes on a book |
| 47% | ELLE | 4 | Novelist Kennedy who writes the Briar U and Avalon Bay romance series |
| 46% | SOUSA | 5 | "March King" who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever" |
| 46% | YELPER | 6 | One who writes restaurant reviews on a popular app |
| 46% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 46% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DODIE | 5 | Smith who wrote "The Hundred and One Dalmatians" |
| 45% | DRONER | 6 | One who goes on and on |
| 44% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Who wrote and sang "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" |
| 44% | NORRIS | 6 | Frank ___, Progressive-era novelist who wrote "The Octopus" and "McTeague" |
| 44% | DANTE | 5 | Who wrote "Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on" |
| 43% | MITSKI | 6 | Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright" |
| 43% | ERASMUS | 7 | Who wrote "In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king" |
| 43% | ERASMUS | 7 | Who wrote "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" |
| 43% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |