| 100% | SARA | 4 | Paretsky who wrote the 2018 detective novel "Shell Game" |
| 53% | SARA | 4 | Author Paretsky who wrote the V.I. Warshawski novels |
| 49% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Former lawyer who wrote the bestselling 2018 novel "The Reckoning" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | CECIL | 5 | Poet Day-Lewis who wrote the Nigel Strangeways detective novels as Nicholas Blake |
| 48% | MEGGARDINER | 11 | Former lawyer who wrote the bestselling 2018 novel "Into the Black Nowhere" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Former lawyer who wrote the bestselling 2018 novel "The Long Road to Mercy" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | OBAMA | 5 | Michelle who wrote the 2018 bestseller "Becoming" |
| 43% | SARA | 4 | Novelist Paretsky who writes the V.I. Warshawski mystery series |
| 43% | DONOGHUE | 8 | Emma who wrote the novel Room |
| 43% | ELLISON | 7 | Ralph who wrote the novel "Juneteenth" |
| 43% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-novelist who wrote the 2018 thriller "Sunburn" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | OBAMA | 5 | Former First Lady Michelle who wrote the 2018 bestselling memoir "Becoming" |
| 42% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel The Godfather |
| 42% | TATE | 4 | Poet who wrote the novel "The Fathers" |
| 42% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who wrote the 2011 novel "Modelland" |
| 42% | DISRAELI | 8 | British politician who wrote the novel Coningsby |
| 42% | BRAM | 4 | Stoker who wrote the epistolary novel "Dracula" |
| 42% | FRANZEN | 7 | Jonathan who wrote the 2021 novel "Crossroads" |
| 42% | TYRA | 4 | Banks who wrote the YA novel "Modelland" |
| 42% | SMITH | 5 | Zadie who wrote the 2016 novel "Swing Time" |
| 42% | ELENA | 5 | Italian author Ferrante, who wrote the "Neapolitan Novels" |
| 42% | SILVA | 5 | Daniel who writes the Gabriel Allon spy novels |
| 42% | JASPER | 6 | Fforde who writes the "Thursday Next" mystery novels |
| 42% | MEYER | 5 | Stephenie who wrote the "Twilight" novels |
| 42% | VIOLA | 5 | Actress Davis who wrote the 2018 children's book "Corduroy Takes a Bow" |
| 41% | KEN | 3 | Follett who wrote the 2014 novel "Edge of Eternity" |
| 41% | NORA | 4 | Author Roberts who wrote the new novel "Under Currents" |
| 41% | ERICA | 5 | ___ Schultz, female comic book writer who wrote the 2018 "Daredevil" Annual for Marvel Comics |
| 41% | TARTT | 5 | Donna who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Goldfinch" |
| 41% | SNOOKI | 6 | TV star who wrote the novel "A Shore Thing," informally |