| 100% | CUSK | 4 | Novelist Rachel who wrote the “Outline” trilogy |
| 57% | STIEG | 5 | Larsson who wrote the "Millennium" trilogy |
| 55% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who wrote the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series |
| 55% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who writes the Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series |
| 55% | NEVADA | 6 | Novelist Barr who writes the Anna Pigeon mystery series |
| 55% | SILVA | 5 | Novelist Daniel who writes the Gabriel Allon spy thrillers |
| 55% | ROBYN | 5 | Novelist Carr who writes the "Virgin River" romance series |
| 55% | SUE | 3 | Novelist Grafton who writes the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" series |
| 55% | AESCHYLUS | 9 | Ancient playwright who wrote the Oresteian Trilogy |
| 55% | SARA | 4 | Novelist Paretsky who writes the V.I. Warshawski mystery series |
| 54% | TARTT | 5 | Novelist Donna, who wrote The Goldfinch |
| 54% | TED | 3 | Novelist Bell who writes the Alexander Hawke series of spy novels |
| 54% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 54% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | American novelist who wrote 17-Across, 40-Across, and the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CUSSLER | 7 | Novelist Clive who wrote Raise the Titanic! |
| 54% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 53% | WILLACATHER | 11 | American novelist who wrote the Great Plains trilogy of 15-Across, "The Song of the Lark," and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ELLE | 4 | Novelist Kennedy who writes the Briar U and Avalon Bay romance series |
| 53% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 52% | SLOAN | 5 | Novelist Wilson who wrote "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" |
| 52% | DEANKOONTZ | 10 | Novelist who wrote the "Odd Thomas" thrillers |
| 51% | VERNE | 5 | Novelist Jules who wrote "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" |
| 51% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 51% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | ANN | 3 | British novelist Cleeves who writes the "Vera Stanhope" crime series |
| 51% | ROALD | 5 | Novelist Dahl who wrote "Matilda" and "James and the Giant Peach" |
| 50% | TESSADARE | 9 | Romance novelist who wrote The Duchess Deal |
| 50% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 50% | URIS | 4 | Novelist who wrote the screenplay for "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" |
| 50% | MIRANDAJAMES | 12 | Novelist who writes the Cat in the Stacks mystery series (2 wds.) |