| 100% | WOLFF | 5 | Tobias —, US author of 1989 memoir This Boy's Life |
| 53% | WOLFF | 5 | Tobias ___, author of "This Boy's Life" |
| 41% | MAYLE | 5 | Peter —, author of 1989 memoir A Year in Provence |
| 39% | TOBIAS | 6 | “This Boy’s Life” author Wolff |
| 39% | TOBIAS | 6 | "This Boy's Life" author Wolff |
| 37% | BETTYFORD | 9 | Author of the memoir "The Times of My Life" (1978) |
| 36% | DEE | 3 | Author of the 2024 memoir "What Have We Here?," Billy ___ Williams |
| 36% | DAVEPELZER | 10 | Author of memoirs A Child Called It and The Lost Boy |
| 36% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | Author of a satirical book whose title consists of five U.S. state abbreviations (and is hidden in this puzzle) |
| 36% | STOREY | 6 | David —, author of novels Radcliffe and This Sporting Life |
| 36% | HELENKELLER | 11 | US author of 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life; subject of 1962 biopic The Miracle Worker |
| 35% | JOHNOFARRELL | 12 | Author of the novels This Is Your Life and May Contain Nuts |
| 34% | JEFFERSON | 9 | Author of this puzzle's quote |
| 34% | ELDOCTOROW | 10 | US author of novels Andrew's Brain and Homer and Langley |
| 34% | HELEN | 5 | & 1D US author of 1903 autobiography The Story of My Life; subject of 1962 biopic The Miracle Worker |
| 34% | TARA | 4 | Author Westover whose memoir is spelled out in the first letters of this puzzle's eight circled schools |
| 33% | BOBDOLE | 7 | Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story" |
| 33% | ITALOSVEVO | 10 | Author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 32% | STANLEE | 7 | Author of 2015's "Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir" |
| 32% | DELANY | 6 | US author of Nova, nicknamed Chip |
| 32% | KAT | 3 | ___ Chow, author of 2021's "Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir" |
| 32% | HEMINGWAY | 9 | US author of The Sun Also Rises |
| 32% | KATECHOPIN | 10 | US author of 1899 novel The Awakening |
| 31% | FELIXSALTEN | 11 | Author of 1923 children's book Bambi, a Life in the Woods |
| 31% | EUDORA | 6 | & 19D US author of 1972 novel The Optimist's Daughter |
| 31% | EUDORA | 6 | & 3D US author of 1972 novel The Optimist's Daughter |
| 31% | SVEVO | 5 | Italo —, author of novels A Life and Zeno's Conscience |
| 31% | ANGIETHOMAS | 11 | Best-selling author of 2017's "The Hate U Give" |
| 31% | JOEHILL | 7 | US author of 2007 novel Heart-Shaped Box |