| 100% | OUIDA | 5 | Pen-name of Marie Louise Rame, author of 1867 novel Under Two Flags |
| 43% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 41% | READ | 4 | Miss —, pen name of Dora Jessie Saint, author of 1959 novel Thrush Green |
| 40% | TRESSELL | 8 | Robert —, pen name of the author of 1914 posthumously published novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
| 38% | BRONTE | 6 | Author of "Wuthering Heights" Emily ___ who wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell |
| 37% | LEE | 3 | Author Nelle ___ of "Go Set a Watchman" who wrote under the pen name Harper |
| 37% | OWENMEREDITH | 12 | Pen-name of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, author of 1860 verse novel Lucile |
| 37% | NOONAN | 6 | Robert —, author of novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists under the name Robert Tressell |
| 36% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author of "Jo's Boys" Louisa May ___ who wrote under the pen name A.M. Barnard |
| 36% | ROBERTNOONAN | 12 | Author of novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, published posthumously in 1914 under the name Robert Tressell |
| 36% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 35% | NOONAN | 6 | Robert —, author of novel The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists, published posthumously in 1914 under the name Robert Tressell |
| 34% | KEENE | 5 | Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series |
| 34% | GEORGEELIOT | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Silas Marner" |
| 34% | ELLISBELL | 9 | Pen name of the female author of "Wuthering Heights" |
| 33% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the female author of "Out of Africa" |
| 33% | ISAKDINESEN | 11 | Pen name of the author of 19-Across: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ANDYSTACK | 9 | Pen name of the female author of True Detective stories |
| 33% | HERRIOT | 7 | James __; pen name of vet author Alf Wight |
| 33% | ROBERTGALBRAITH | 15 | Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling" |
| 32% | EMILYJANE | 9 | Two first names of Wuthering Heights author |
| 32% | SAKI | 4 | Pen name of H H Munro, author of 1914 short story collection Beasts and Super-Beasts |
| 32% | GROSS | 5 | Andrew —, author of the novels Reckless and One Mile Under |
| 32% | LEMONYSNICKET | 13 | Pen name of the author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events": 2 wds. |
| 32% | UMBERTOECO | 10 | Author of the novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum |
| 32% | OHENRY | 6 | Pen name of William Sidney Porter, author of short story collections Roads of Destiny and The Four Million |
| 31% | KLAPKA | 6 | Middle name of Jerome K Jerome, author of novel Three Men in a Boat |
| 31% | HIGHSMITH | 9 | Patricia —, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley’s Game |
| 31% | DEIGHTON | 8 | Len —, author of the novels The IPCRESS File and Horse Under Water |