| 100% | WOLFF | 5 | Tobias ___, author of "This Boy's Life" |
| 86% | WOLFF | 5 | Tobias —, US author of 1989 memoir This Boy's Life |
| 64% | TOBIAS | 6 | “This Boy’s Life” author Wolff |
| 63% | TOBIAS | 6 | "This Boy's Life" author Wolff |
| 59% | JEFFERSON | 9 | Author of this puzzle's quote |
| 59% | STOREY | 6 | David —, author of novels Radcliffe and This Sporting Life |
| 58% | JOHNOFARRELL | 12 | Author of the novels This Is Your Life and May Contain Nuts |
| 53% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 51% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 50% | BIOGRAPHER | 10 | Author of life stories |
| 50% | FELIXSALTEN | 11 | Author of 1923 children's book Bambi, a Life in the Woods |
| 50% | CEASE | 5 | Kyle, author of 2017's "I Hope I Screw This Up" |
| 49% | DOE | 3 | Jane ___ (unknown, like the author of this puzzle) |
| 49% | MARTEL | 6 | Author of Life of Pi, Yann __ |
| 48% | WHITE | 5 | Edmund —, author of novels A Boy's Own Story and The Farewell Symphony |
| 48% | NSYNC | 5 | Justin Timberlake was a part of this boy band |
| 48% | PHILLIPS | 8 | Busy __, author of This Will Only Hurt A Little |
| 48% | NATHAN | 6 | Nate is a short version of this boys' name |
| 48% | ALGER | 5 | Author of "Jed, the Poor House Boy" |
| 48% | HORNBY | 6 | Author of High Fidelity, About a Boy |
| 48% | BRADBURY | 8 | Author of "Something Wicked This Way Comes" |
| 48% | ALCOTT | 6 | Author of "Jo's Boys" Louisa May ___ who wrote under the pen name A.M. Barnard |
| 48% | IRA | 3 | Glass of This American Life |
| 47% | DEESHAPHILYAW | 13 | Author of “The Secret Lives of Church Ladies” |
| 47% | HURST | 5 | Fannie ___, author of "Imitation of Life" |
| 47% | SETH | 4 | Vikram ___, author of "A Suitable Boy" |
| 46% | ALI | 3 | "The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey" author |
| 46% | THEWIND | 7 | Scarlett O'Hara's way of life was gone with this |
| 46% | MEGROSOFF | 9 | Author of the 2022 YA novel, Friends Like These |
| 46% | TOBIAS | 6 | Wolff who wrote "This Boy's Life" |