| 100% | DONNA | 5 | Pulitzer-winning Tartt, author of “The Goldfinch” |
| 88% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of The Goldfinch |
| 76% | TARTT | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “The Goldfinch” |
| 74% | NATALIEDIAZ | 11 | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection “Postcolonial Love Poem” |
| 72% | LAHIRI | 6 | Jhumpa ___, author of the Pulitzer-winning "Interpreter of Maladies" |
| 70% | COLSON | 6 | ___ Whitehead, author of the 2017 Pulitzer-winning novel "The Underground Railroad" |
| 69% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Empire Falls" and 17-Across (2 wds.) |
| 69% | JARED | 5 | ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" |
| 69% | GWENDOLYNBROOKS | 15 | Pulitzer-winning author of the quote |
| 68% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit from the Goon Squad" |
| 65% | JAMESAGEE | 9 | Pulitzer-winning author of A Death in the Family |
| 64% | DOERR | 5 | Pulitzer-winning author of “All the Light We Cannot See” |
| 63% | CRUZ | 4 | Nilo —, author of 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama-winning stage play Anna in the Tropics |
| 61% | DALECARNEGIE | 12 | Author of the self-help book "How to Win Friends and Influence People": 2 wds. |
| 60% | ADICHIE | 7 | Author of the award-winning book Americanah |
| 59% | 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 |
| 59% | TARTT | 5 | Author who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 58% | LOUISEERDRICH | 13 | Pulitzer-winning author of “The Night Watchman” |
| 57% | EGAN | 4 | Jennifer ___, Pulitzer-winning author of "A Visit From the Goon Squad" |
| 57% | GRAU | 4 | Shirley Ann ___, Pulitzer-winning author of The Black Prince |
| 56% | HAROLDPINTER | 12 | British author of "The Birthday Party" who won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 56% | DORISLESSING | 12 | British author of "The Golden Notebook" who won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature: 2 wds. |
| 56% | ROBINSON | 8 | Marilynne —, author of 2004 novel Gilead; winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| 56% | OURS | 4 | "One of ___" (Willa Cather novel that won the Pulitzer Prize) |
| 56% | WHARTON | 7 | Edith who won a Pulitzer for The Age of Innocence |
| 56% | AVI | 3 | Newbery-winning author of the "Crispin" series |
| 55% | THEGOLDFINCH | 12 | Donna Tartt novel that won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize (2 wds.) |
| 55% | LEOCHERNE | 9 | Author of the quote |
| 55% | CHARLESDICKENS | 14 | Author of the quote |
| 55% | REDSMITH | 8 | Author of the Stepquote |