| 100% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Chesapeake Bay series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 80% | ELOISAJAMES | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Desperate Duchesses series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 80% | DEBBIEMACOMBER | 14 | Romance novelist who wrote the Blossom Street series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 48% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MIRANDAJAMES | 12 | Novelist who writes the Cat in the Stacks mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ELLE | 4 | Novelist Kennedy who writes the Briar U and Avalon Bay romance series |
| 44% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 42% | FRANZKAFKA | 10 | German-language novelist who wrote "The Metamorphosis," most of whose work got published after his death: 2 wds. |
| 41% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | Bestselling romance novelist who has written more than 200 books, including 18-Across and 43-Across (2 wds.) |
| 40% | GKCHESTERTON | 12 | British novelist who wrote the stories that inspired the "Father Brown" TV series (3 wds.) |
| 40% | JUDYBLUME | 9 | Novelist who wrote "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and the other three frequently banned books in this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JULESVERNE | 10 | French novelist who wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea": 2 wds. |
| 40% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ROBYN | 5 | Novelist Carr who writes the "Virgin River" romance series |
| 39% | TESSADARE | 9 | Romance novelist who wrote The Duchess Deal |
| 39% | LEECHILD | 8 | Pen name of the British novelist who writes the Jack Reacher novel series (2 wds.) |
| 39% | SARAHFERGUSON | 13 | Duchess of York who wrote the "Budgie the Little Helicopter" kid-lit series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | EOINCOLFER | 10 | Best-selling author who wrote the eight books in the "Artemis Fowl" series: 2 wds. |
| 39% | SANDRABROWN | 11 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "Outfox" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | ALEXANDREDUMAS | 14 | French novelist who wrote "The Three Musketeers": 2 wds. |
| 38% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | "Vision in White" romance novelist who also writes police procedurals as J.D. Robb: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 38% | JOHNLESCROART | 13 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "The Rule of Law" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | RICKYGERVAIS | 12 | British star of "The Office" who wrote the "Flanimals" kid-lit series: 2 wds. |
| 37% | CANDICEBERGEN | 13 | "Murphy Brown" actress who wrote the memoir "A Fine Romance" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | NEILGAIMAN | 10 | Fantasy novelist who wrote "American Gods" and "The Graveyard Book": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 36% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | *Irish novelist who writes the "Dublin Murder Squad" series |
| 36% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |