| 100% | ISAACASIMOV | 11 | Science fiction author who wrote "I, Robot": 2 wds. |
| 80% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | Science fiction author who wrote "Fahrenheit 451": 2 wds. |
| 67% | ARTHURCCLARKE | 13 | Science fiction author who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey": 3 wds. |
| 55% | SMALLWONDER | 11 | 1985 American science fiction comedy about a small girl who is a robot starring Tiffany Brissette: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JONATHANSWIFT | 13 | Irish author who wrote "Gulliver's Travels": 2 wds. |
| 53% | JAMESJOYCE | 10 | Irish author who wrote "Ulysses": 2 wds. |
| 53% | BRAMSTOKER | 10 | Irish author who wrote "Dracula": 2 wds. |
| 53% | IRVINEWELSH | 11 | Scottish author who wrote "Trainspotting": 2 wds. |
| 53% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Classic horror author who wrote "Frankenstein": 2 wds. |
| 52% | MARIOPUZO | 9 | Author who wrote the novel 15-Across was based on: 2 wds. |
| 51% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Gone Girl": 2 wds. |
| 51% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery author who wrote several novels as Barbara Vine: 2 wds. |
| 51% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror author who wrote several novels as Richard Bachman: 2 wds. |
| 51% | MURIELSPARK | 11 | Scottish author who wrote "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie": 2 wds. |
| 51% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Science fiction writer who coined the term "cyberspace": 2 wds. |
| 50% | CARRIEFISHER | 12 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of her own "Postcards From the Edge": 2 wds. |
| 50% | CARLHIAASEN | 11 | "Squeeze Me" author who wrote the novel that 49-Across is based on (2 wds.) |
| 49% | KENNETH | 7 | With 37-Across, Scottish author who wrote "The Wind in the Willows": 2 wds. |
| 49% | GILLIANFLYNN | 12 | Author who wrote the novels from which 17-Across and 29-/31-Across were adapted: 2 wds. |
| 49% | RODERICKTHORP | 13 | Author who wrote "Nothing Lasts Forever," the novel on which movie in 17a was based: 2 wds. |
| 49% | STEPHENCHBOSKY | 14 | Author who wrote the film adaptation of his own "The Perks of Being a Wallflower": 2 wds. |
| 49% | DANBROWN | 8 | American author who wrote the bestselling thriller series including "The Da Vinci Code": 2 wds. |
| 49% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | English author who wrote the children's literature at 18- and 41-Across: 2 wds. |
| 49% | EOINCOLFER | 10 | Best-selling author who wrote the eight books in the "Artemis Fowl" series: 2 wds. |
| 49% | MARYSHELLEY | 11 | Author who began writing 28-Across at the age of 18: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DANIELLESTEEL | 13 | American author who wrote "A Perfect Life" and is currently the bestselling author alive: 2 wds. |
| 48% | DENNISETAYLOR | 13 | Former computer programmer who writes the "Bobiverse" science fiction series (3 wds.) |
| 48% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Carrie" author who also wrote horror novels as Richard Bachman: 2 wds. |
| 47% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Author who won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction for "The Rabbit Hutch": 2 wds. |
| 46% | JASONREYNOLDS | 13 | Author who has written "Ghost," "Patina," and other novels for kids in the middle school years: 2 wds. |