| 100% | SARA | 4 | Novelist Paretsky who writes the V.I. Warshawski mystery series |
| 67% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who wrote the V.I. Warshawski novels |
| 57% | NEVADA | 6 | Novelist Barr who writes the Anna Pigeon mystery series |
| 53% | MIRANDAJAMES | 12 | Novelist who writes the Cat in the Stacks mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who created the detective V.I. Warshawski |
| 48% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who writes the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series |
| 48% | ROBYN | 5 | Novelist Carr who writes the "Virgin River" romance series |
| 48% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who writes the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" series |
| 48% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who wrote the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series |
| 47% | SOFIE | 5 | With 31-Across, novelist who writes the Magical Cats mystery series |
| 47% | TED | 3 | Novelist Bell who writes the Alexander Hawke series of spy novels |
| 47% | JANET | 5 | Evanovich who writes the "Stephanie Plum" mystery series |
| 46% | ELLE | 4 | Novelist Kennedy who writes the Briar U and Avalon Bay romance series |
| 46% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 45% | ANN | 3 | British novelist Cleeves who writes the "Vera Stanhope" crime series |
| 44% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 43% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | *Irish novelist who writes the "Dublin Murder Squad" series |
| 43% | CLAVELL | 7 | Novelist James who wrote "The Asian Saga" series |
| 42% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 42% | PIKE | 4 | American author Christopher ___ who wrote the "Remember Me" book series |
| 42% | SUEGRAFTON | 10 | Mystery author who wrote the 2015 novel “X” (the twenty-fourth in a series) |
| 41% | ELOISAJAMES | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Desperate Duchesses series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DEBBIEMACOMBER | 14 | Romance novelist who wrote the Blossom Street series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 41% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Chesapeake Bay series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 41% | AGATHA | 6 | ___ Christie, popular mystery novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott |
| 40% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GKCHESTERTON | 12 | British novelist who wrote the stories that inspired the "Father Brown" TV series (3 wds.) |
| 40% | CUSK | 4 | Novelist Rachel who wrote the “Outline” trilogy |
| 40% | HAN | 3 | Author Jenny who wrote the To All the Boys series |