| 100% | HINTON | 6 | Susan Eloise ___, "The Outsiders" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 86% | FLAVIA | 6 | ___ Bujor, "The Prophecy of the Stones" author who published her first book when she was a teen |
| 70% | PAOLINI | 7 | Christopher ___, "Eragon" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 68% | GORDON | 6 | ___ Korman, "This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall" author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| 50% | BRET | 4 | ___ Easton Ellis, "Less Than Zero" author who published his first book while he was still a student |
| 42% | ALEC | 4 | ___ Greven, "How To Talk to Girls" author who published his first book at the age of 9 |
| 40% | SHOUT | 5 | Author and journalist Philip Norman's first book which is considered a biography of The Beatles |
| 39% | HINTON | 6 | S. E. ___, "The Outsiders" author who made a guest appearance in the book's film adaptation |
| 38% | NAOMIKLEIN | 10 | Author who described her book “Doppelganger” as being about “the horror of the society that flips fascist from within” (September, 2023) |
| 38% | SAKI | 4 | Author who famously ended a short story with the line "Romance at short notice was her specialty" |
| 38% | AUSTEN | 6 | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline “By a Lady” |
| 38% | PARTON | 6 | Artist who released her first-ever rock album, "Rockstar," a year after being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| 38% | POE | 3 | Noted writer who married his first cousin when she was 13 |
| 38% | MARLEYDIAS | 10 | Young American activist and feminist who launched a book drive campaign called 1000BlackGirlBooks when she was just 11: 2 wds. |
| 37% | TERESA | 6 | Barbie's close friend who stars alongside her in the Barbie "I Can Be A Pastry Chef" book |
| 37% | CROSSWORDS | 10 | The first book of them was published |
| 37% | OPRAH | 5 | Her first book club choice was "The Deep End of the Ocean" |
| 36% | TONIMORRISON | 12 | "Beloved" author who died August 5, and who was the first African-American woman to win a Nobel Prize: 2 wds. |
| 36% | STAMBERG | 8 | Susan who was one of the "Founding Mothers of NPR," per a 2021 book by Lisa Napoli |
| 35% | DEARY | 5 | Author Terry ___, who in 1993 published the first titles ("The Terrible Tudors" and "The Awesome Egyptians") in the "Horrible Histories" books |
| 35% | VANNA | 5 | With 30-Across, "Wheel of Fortune" co-host who didn't win any prizes when she was a contestant on "The Price Is Right" |
| 34% | TIME | 4 | "The Right ___," 2017 book by Danielle Steel about a girl who publishes mystery novels under her pseudonym |
| 34% | MARY | 4 | Queen who inherited the throne of Scotland when she was six days old |
| 33% | JOJOSIWA | 8 | She was a member of the first same-sex dancing partnership on Dancing With the Stars |
| 33% | CARTLAND | 8 | English author Barbara, who wrote "The Wicked Marquis", and is referenced in the Guinness World Records for most novels published in a year |
| 33% | PREGNANT | 8 | What a woman is when she has "a bun in the oven" |
| 33% | SHERYLSWOOPES | 13 | She was the first player signed by a WNBA team: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ISABELWILKERSON | 15 | "Caste" author who was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in journalism |
| 33% | LASTSONG | 8 | Novel by Nicholas Sparks about a 17 year old teen who is sent to stay with her father in the summer, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 33% | LORENA | 6 | Ochoa who was the top-ranked female golfer when she retired |