| 100% | NATE | 4 | Statistician Silver who wrote "The Signal and the Noise" |
| 91% | NATE | 4 | Statistician Silver who wrote the book "The Signal and the Noise" |
| 70% | NATESILVER | 10 | 2012 presidential election forecaster who wrote "The Signal and the Noise": 2 wds. |
| 50% | NANCYKERRIGAN | 13 | Silver and bronze medal-winning Olympic figure skater who wrote the memoir "In My Own Words" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | MAILER | 6 | Norman who wrote The Naked and the Dead |
| 48% | LEAR | 4 | Edward who wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" |
| 48% | READE | 5 | Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 48% | FREUD | 5 | Psychoanalyst who wrote "The Ego and the Id" |
| 47% | OCASEY | 6 | Playwright Sean who wrote "The Plough and the Stars" |
| 47% | READE | 5 | Novelist Charles who wrote "The Cloister and the Hearth" |
| 47% | AESOP | 5 | Famous fabulist who wrote "The Fox and the Grapes" |
| 47% | LEAR | 4 | Edward ___, poet who wrote "The Owl and the Pussy-cat" |
| 46% | HOMER | 5 | Greek poet who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 46% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for "Waitress" |
| 45% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen who wrote the music and lyrics for "Sweeney Todd" |
| 45% | SEE | 3 | Novelist Lisa who wrote "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" |
| 45% | AMORY | 5 | Cleveland who wrote “The Cat and the Curmudgeon” |
| 45% | SARA | 4 | Bareilles who wrote the music and lyrics for Broadway's "Waitress" |
| 45% | BILLNYE | 7 | Who wrote "Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation" |
| 45% | DELILLO | 7 | Don who wrote White Noise and Underworld |
| 44% | FAULKNER | 8 | Novelist William who wrote "The Sound and the Fury" and "As I Lay Dying" |
| 44% | CROZIER | 7 | Brian who wrote "The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire" |
| 44% | BALDACCI | 8 | Best-selling author David who writes the “King and Maxwell” novels |
| 43% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | American who wrote The Old Man and the Sea |
| 43% | JIMMORRISON | 11 | Singer who wrote the poetry collection "The Lords and the New Creatures" |
| 43% | ECO | 3 | Umberto who wrote "The Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum" |
| 43% | ANA | 3 | Novelist Huang who writes the "Twisted" and "Kings of Sin" romance series |
| 43% | SMITH | 5 | Patti ___, singer and songwriter who wrote the song "Dancing Barefoot" |
| 43% | CARL | 4 | ___ Sagan, American astronomer and scientist who wrote the book "Cosmos" |
| 43% | RUNYON | 6 | Damon who wrote the stories adapted as "Guys and Dolls" |