| 100% | NATE | 4 | Statistician Silver who wrote the book "The Signal and the Noise" |
| 78% | NATE | 4 | Statistician Silver who wrote "The Signal and the Noise" |
| 53% | NATESILVER | 10 | 2012 presidential election forecaster who wrote "The Signal and the Noise": 2 wds. |
| 49% | CARL | 4 | ___ Sagan, American astronomer and scientist who wrote the book "Cosmos" |
| 46% | HOWARD | 6 | John —, prison reformer who wrote 1777 book The State of Prisons in England and Wales |
| 44% | LLCOOLJ | 7 | Rapper who wrote the kid's book "And the Winner Is ... " (3 wds.) |
| 44% | NANCYKERRIGAN | 13 | Silver and bronze medal-winning Olympic figure skater who wrote the memoir "In My Own Words" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | CHANNINGTATUM | 13 | "Magic Mike" actor who wrote the children's book "The One and Only Sparkella": 2 wds. |
| 42% | NEDROREM | 8 | Composer who wrote the book "The Paris Diaries" |
| 42% | GIULIANI | 8 | Politician who wrote the book "Leadership" |
| 42% | REYS | 4 | Hans Augusto and Margret, the husband and wife duo who wrote the Curious George books |
| 41% | PELE | 4 | Athlete who wrote the memoir "My Life and the Beautiful Game" |
| 41% | SERENAWILLIAMS | 14 | 2003 and 2013 Best Female Athlete ESPY winner who wrote the kids' book "The Adventures of Qai Qai": 2 wds. |
| 41% | FEY | 3 | Comedian Tina who wrote the book "Bossypants" |
| 41% | PATTISMITH | 10 | "Because the Night" singer-songwriter who wrote "Babel," a book of poetry and drawings (2 wds.) |
| 41% | ALI | 3 | Comedian Wong who wrote the book "Dear Girls" |
| 40% | LESLIEKNOPE | 11 | "Parks and Recreation" character who's credited with writing the 2011 book "Pawnee: The Greatest Town in America": 2 wds. |
| 40% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | American late night show host who wrote the book "I Am America (And So Can You!)": 2 wds. |
| 40% | KAFKA | 5 | Franz who wrote "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us" |
| 40% | AMORY | 5 | Cleveland who wrote “The Cat and the Curmudgeon” |
| 39% | GEORGEWILL | 10 | Newspaper columnist who wrote the book "Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball" |
| 39% | BLY | 3 | Journalist Nellie who wrote the book “Around the World in Seventy-two Days” |
| 39% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers "The Firm" and "The Pelican Brief": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ELTON | 5 | John who co-wrote the song “Ego” and the book “Me” |
| 39% | STEPHENBREYER | 13 | Supreme Court justice who wrote the book "Active Liberty": 2 wds. |
| 39% | ERICIDLE | 8 | Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 39% | ERIC | 4 | Monty Python member who wrote the book of Broadway musical Spamalot |
| 39% | JONIMITCHELL | 12 | "Both Sides Now" singer-songwriter who wrote "Morning Glory on the Vine," a book of poetry and drawings (2 wds.) |