| 100% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 68% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 67% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 62% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | American novelist who wrote 17-Across, 40-Across, and the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy (2 wds.) |
| 61% | HARLANCOBEN | 11 | 17-Across and 30-Across novelist who is the first writer to win an Anthony Award, a Shamus Award, and an Edgar Award (2 wds.) |
| 59% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame novelist who wrote 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 57% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 15-Across, 29-Across, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Night Watchman" (2 wds.) |
| 57% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 56% | COLMTOIBIN | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote 17-Across, 26-Across, and 33-Across (2 wds.) |
| 56% | JOSEPHCOTTEN | 12 | Actor who played a reporter and friend of the title character in 17-Across: 2 wds. |
| 56% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote "The Shining" and 37-Across (2 wds.) |
| 55% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 55% | SANDRABROWN | 11 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "Outfox" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | JOHNLESCROART | 13 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "The Rule of Law" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | WILLACATHER | 11 | American novelist who wrote the Great Plains trilogy of 15-Across, "The Song of the Lark," and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 54% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | CORMACMCCARTHY | 14 | "The Road" Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who wrote 19-Across, 46-Across, and the 2022 novel "The Passenger" (2 wds.) |
| 54% | FAYEKELLERMAN | 13 | "The Quality of Mercy" novelist who has written 27 mysteries featuring 18-Across and 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | KAZUOISHIGURO | 13 | British novelist who wrote 19-Across and 31-Across and was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 53% | CHUCKBARRIS | 11 | TV program creator and host who wrote the memoir "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind": 2 wds. |
| 53% | DAVIDMITCHELL | 13 | English novelist who wrote "Cloud Atlas," "The Bone Clocks," and 18-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | ALICEHOFFMAN | 12 | American novelist who has written 29 novels, including "The Dovekeepers," 14-Across, and 31-Across (2 wds.) |
| 53% | KARENBLIXEN | 11 | Danish author who wrote 17-Across and 30-Across under the pen name Isak Dinesen (2 wds.) |
| 53% | DONDELILLO | 10 | American novelist who wrote "Mao II," 18-Across, 25-Across, and 34-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | HEATHERMORRIS | 13 | New Zealand novelist who wrote "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" and its sequels, 32-Across and 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian novelist who wrote "Nine Perfect Strangers," "Apples Never Fall," and 48-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 51% | EANNIEPROULX | 12 | 17-Across and 38-Across novelist who won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Shipping News" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | JAMESLEEBURKE | 13 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "The New Iberia Blues" (3 wds.) |
| 51% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |