| 100% | JAMESLEEBURKE | 13 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "The New Iberia Blues" (3 wds.) |
| 68% | JOHNLESCROART | 13 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "The Rule of Law" (2 wds.) |
| 68% | SANDRABROWN | 11 | Texas-born novelist who wrote the 2019 bestseller "Outfox" (2 wds.) |
| 47% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Novelist who wrote the 1983 bestseller "Pet Sematary" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Novelist who wrote the Y.A. bestsellers 17-Across and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | RUTHWARE | 8 | British novelist who wrote the bestsellers "The Woman in Cabin 10," 15-Across, and 29-Across (2 wds.) |
| 42% | LAURALIPPMAN | 12 | Reporter-turned-novelist who wrote the 2019 thriller "Lady in the Lake" (2 wds.) |
| 41% | MIRANDAJAMES | 12 | Novelist who writes the Cat in the Stacks mystery series (2 wds.) |
| 40% | JOHNLECARRE | 11 | British novelist who wrote "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (3 wds.) |
| 39% | GKCHESTERTON | 12 | British novelist who wrote the stories that inspired the "Father Brown" TV series (3 wds.) |
| 38% | GWYNETHPALTROW | 14 | Oscar-winning actress who wrote the 2019 cookbook "The Clean Plate" (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ANNERICE | 8 | "Tasty" novelist who wrote the "Vampire Chronicles" series: 2 wds. |
| 38% | HEATHERMORRIS | 13 | New Zealand novelist who wrote "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" and its sequels, 32-Across and 52-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ELOISAJAMES | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Desperate Duchesses series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 38% | DEBBIEMACOMBER | 14 | Romance novelist who wrote the Blossom Street series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 38% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance novelist who wrote the Chesapeake Bay series, among many others: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KATIECOURIC | 11 | Former "Today" anchor who wrote the kids' book "The Blue Ribbon Day": 2 wds. |
| 36% | JKROWLING | 9 | British novelist and creator of characters in 8a who also wrote the screenplay for "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them": 3 wds. |
| 36% | BRIANJACQUES | 12 | British novelist who wrote the "Redwall" and "Castaways of the Flying Dutchman" series (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LEECHILD | 8 | Pen name of the British novelist who writes the Jack Reacher novel series (2 wds.) |
| 36% | BILLBRADLEY | 11 | New York Knicks forward who wrote the basketball memoir "Life on the Run" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | JIMBOUTON | 9 | New York Yankees pitcher who wrote the baseball memoir "Ball Four" (2 wds.) |
| 36% | EANNIEPROULX | 12 | 17-Across and 38-Across novelist who won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for "The Shipping News" (3 wds.) |
| 35% | JENNABUSHHAGER | 14 | Daughter of the 43rd president who wrote "Everything Beautiful in Its Time": 3 wds. |
| 35% | JULESVERNE | 10 | French novelist who wrote "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea": 2 wds. |
| 35% | TANAFRENCH | 10 | Irish novelist who wrote "In the Woods," "The Witch Elm," and "The Hunter" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | NSCOTTMOMADAY | 13 | Native American novelist who wrote 1968's "House Made of Dawn": 3 wds. |
| 35% | ALEXMORGAN | 10 | 2019 Best Female Athlete ESPY winner who wrote the kids' book series "The Kicks": 2 wds. |
| 35% | TRACYMORGAN | 11 | Brian Fellow portrayer on "SNL" who wrote the memoir "I Am the New Black": 2 wds. |
| 35% | MENATWORK | 9 | Australian pop group who received the Best New Artist Grammy in 1983: 3 wds. |