| 100% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Pulitzer-winning author of “The Night Watchman” |
| 90% | ERDRICH | 7 | Louise ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "The Night Watchman" and "The Mighty Red" |
| 74% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning author of the quote |
| 74% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of The Goldfinch |
| 72% | NATALIEDIAZ | 11 | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” |
| 71% | LAHIRI | 6 | Jhumpa ___, author of the Pulitzer-winning "Interpreter of Maladies" |
| 69% | COLSON | 6 | ___ Whitehead, author of the 2017 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Underground Railroad" |
| 68% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 68% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 68% | JAMESAGEE | 9 | Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family |
| 67% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit from the Goon Squad" |
| 67% | DOERR | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “All the Light We Cannot See” |
| 65% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “The Goldfinch” |
| 64% | SENDAK | 6 | Author of the controversial kids' book "In the Night Kitchen" |
| 64% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, Pulitzer-winning author of The Black Prince |
| 62% | CRUZ | 4 | Nilo —, author of 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama-winning stage play Anna in the Tropics |
| 61% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "The Keepers of the House" |
| 60% | MAUPIN | 6 | Armistead —, author of 2000 novel The Night Listener |
| 60% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford —, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night |
| 60% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "A Visit From the Goon Squad" |
| 59% | SENDAK | 6 | Children’s-book author of “In the Night Kitchen” |
| 59% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 59% | AVI | 3 | Newbery-winning author of the "Crispin" series |
| 59% | GRUBB | 5 | Davis —, author of 1953 novel The Night of the Hunter |
| 58% | VIET | 4 | ___ Than Nguyen (Pulitzer-winning author of “The Sympathizer”) |
| 58% | STUDSTERKEL | 11 | US author and broadcaster whose work The Good War: An Oral History of World War II won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction |
| 58% | TARTT | 5 | Author who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 57% | LOUISE | 6 | "The Night Watchman" Pulitzer winner Erdrich |
| 56% | KELLI | 5 | ___ Stanley, award-winning author of the Miranda Corbie mystery-thriller series |