| 100% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance writer who also wrote under the pen name J.D. Robb (2 wds.) |
| 69% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Thriller writer who also wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman (2 wds.) |
| 69% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer who also wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 61% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance writer behind the pen name J.D. Robb (2 wds.) |
| 56% | NORA | 4 | Roberts who also writes under the pseudonym J. D. Robb |
| 49% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | "Vision in White" romance novelist who also writes police procedurals as J.D. Robb: 2 wds. |
| 49% | NORA | 4 | ___ Roberts, romance novelist known for "Northern Lights" who also wrote under the pseudonym J.D. Robb |
| 43% | JOANNEROWLING | 13 | Author of the "Harry Potter" series who has written novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RICHARDBACHMAN | 14 | Stephen King's pen name under which he wrote "The Running Man": 2 wds. |
| 41% | LEECHILD | 8 | Pen name of the British novelist who writes the Jack Reacher novel series (2 wds.) |
| 40% | EVAN | 4 | Author Hunter who wrote under the pen name Ed McBain |
| 39% | KARENBLIXEN | 11 | Danish author who wrote 17-Across and 30-Across under the pen name Isak Dinesen (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Pen name of Eric Blair, who wrote "Animal Farm": 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARKTWAIN | 9 | Pen name of the American writer born Samuel Clemens: 2 wds. |
| 39% | MARYANNEEVANS | 13 | Author of "The Mill on the Floss" who wrote under the pen name George Eliot: 3 wds. |
| 39% | GAR | 3 | ___ Anthony Haywood, writer of crime and mystery fiction who also writes under the name Ray Shannon |
| 39% | LUDLUM | 6 | Robert, writer who also published novels under the names Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd |
| 38% | MAE | 3 | West who wrote plays under the pen name Jane Mast |
| 36% | ELOISAJAMES | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Desperate Duchesses series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 36% | DEBBIEMACOMBER | 14 | Romance novelist who wrote the Blossom Street series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 36% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Chesapeake Bay series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 36% | AGATHA | 6 | ___ Christie, popular mystery novelist who also wrote under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott |
| 36% | STACEYABRAMS | 12 | Voting rights activist who writes legal thrillers such as 14-Across under her own name and romance novels under the pen name Selena Montgomery (2 wds.) |
| 35% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | American author of "The Godfather" who also wrote the screenplay for 1978 film "Superman": 2 wds. |
| 35% | BRONTE | 6 | Author of "Wuthering Heights" Emily ___ who wrote under the pen name Ellis Bell |
| 35% | SIMONEDE | 8 | ___ Beauvoir, French feminist writer who wrote "The Second Sex": 2 wds. |
| 35% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Mystery writer who (as J.D. Robb) created Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Detective Delia Peabody (2 wds.) |
| 35% | ROWLING | 7 | J.K. ___, creator of "Harry Potter" who also wrote under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| 34% | JOHNSTEINBECK | 13 | American author of "The Grapes of Wrath" who also wrote the screenplay for "Viva Zapata!": 2 wds. |
| 34% | VIRGINIAWOOLF | 13 | "Mrs. Dalloway" author who also wrote children's stories, including "The Widow and the Parrot" (2 wds.) |