| 100% | AMBROSE | 7 | With 43-Down, author of the definition |
| 70% | JOE | 3 | With 43-Across, author of the quote |
| 58% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of Interview with the Vampire |
| 58% | ANNERICE | 8 | Author of "Interview With the Vampire" |
| 57% | JULES | 5 | With 141-Down, author whose work is the basis of this puzzle's theme |
| 57% | PUZO | 4 | Author of the line "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes" |
| 56% | LYTE | 4 | Henry Francis —, author of the words of hymn Abide with Me |
| 56% | ALGREN | 6 | Nelson ___, author of "The Man With the Golden Arm" |
| 56% | CAPEK | 5 | Author of sci-fi's "War With the Newts" |
| 56% | MITCHELL | 8 | Margaret __; author of Gone With The Wind |
| 56% | LYTE | 4 | Henry Francis —, author of the words of the hymn Abide with Me |
| 55% | ALEXANDERPOPE | 13 | Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across |
| 54% | DIFFERENCE | 10 | With 113-Across, end of the definition |
| 54% | MARGARET | 8 | With 53-Across, author of the quote |
| 54% | ANNE | 4 | Author Rice of "Interview with the Vampire" |
| 54% | SAM | 3 | With 51 Down, host of the politics podcast "The Majority Report" |
| 53% | STIEGLARSSON | 12 | Author of the 2005 New York Times best seller "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo": 2 wds. |
| 53% | HONOR | 5 | With 43-Down, list of superb students |
| 52% | ALBERT | 6 | With 23-Across, author of the general theory of relativity |
| 52% | SLEDDING | 8 | The act of sliding down a small hill with snow |
| 52% | LONG | 4 | With 43-Down, one of Owens' signature events |
| 52% | TED | 3 | With 43-Down, fictional coach of AFC Richmond |
| 51% | BOWLES | 6 | Paul —, US author of novels Let It Come Down and The Sheltering Sky |
| 51% | OSCAR | 5 | With 63-Across, author of the quip starting at 17-Across |
| 51% | OSCAR | 5 | With 126-Across, author of the quip starting at 27-Across |
| 51% | ANNE | 4 | Author Tyler with the upcoming novel "A Spool of Blue Thread" |
| 51% | OLDSCHOOL | 9 | Not down with the new ways of doing things |
| 51% | WHERETHE | 8 | With 43-Across, an exciting place, and a hint to the starts of the starred answers |
| 51% | MISHIMA | 7 | Yukio —, author of 1963 novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea |
| 51% | SIRISAAC | 8 | With 48-Across, author of the three laws of motion: 2 wds. |