| 100% | TOBIAS | 6 | Wolff who wrote "This Boy's Life" |
| 60% | TOBIAS | 6 | “This Boy’s Life” author Wolff |
| 60% | TOBIAS | 6 | "This Boy's Life" author Wolff |
| 49% | TATUM | 5 | O'Neal, who wrote 2004's "A Paper Life" |
| 48% | SHIA | 4 | LaBeouf who wrote and starred in 2019's "Honey Boy" |
| 46% | ANON | 4 | "We don't know who wrote this" abbreviation |
| 45% | KORDA | 5 | Michael who wrote "Charmed Lives" |
| 44% | RENAULT | 7 | Mary who wrote “The Persian Boy” |
| 44% | WILLA | 5 | Author who wrote about frontier life |
| 44% | ABBIE | 5 | Hoffman who wrote "Steal This Book" |
| 44% | SHEL | 4 | Silverstein who wrote the words and music for Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" |
| 43% | NIZER | 5 | Louis who wrote "My Life in Court" |
| 43% | ABBIE | 5 | Revolutionist Hoffman who wrote "Steal This Book" |
| 43% | ABBIE | 5 | Radical Hoffman who wrote "Steal This Book" |
| 43% | BEHAN | 5 | Brendan who wrote "Borstal Boy" |
| 43% | ODETS | 5 | Clifford who wrote "Golden Boy" |
| 43% | RONALDREAGAN | 12 | Former U.S. president who wrote "An American Life" (2 wds.) |
| 43% | WOLFF | 5 | Tobias —, US author of 1989 memoir This Boy's Life |
| 42% | HORNBY | 6 | English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy" |
| 42% | LONI | 4 | Anderson who wrote "My Life in High Heels" |
| 42% | ALI | 3 | Former boxer Laila who wrote "Food for Life" |
| 42% | PEREC | 5 | Georges who wrote "Life: A User's Manual" |
| 42% | ALGER | 5 | Horatio who wrote about down-and-out boys |
| 42% | RIIS | 4 | Jacob who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" |
| 42% | WILLIENELSON | 12 | Country music superstar who wrote the 2015 autobiography "It's a Long Story: My Life" (2 wds.) |
| 42% | YANN | 4 | This Martel wrote Life of Pi |
| 42% | ELLEN | 5 | Barkin in ''This Boy's Life'' |
| 42% | THOREAU | 7 | Who wrote "Our life is frittered away by detail … Simplify, simplify" |
| 42% | ROB | 3 | Actor Lowe who wrote the 2014 memoir "Love Life" |
| 42% | THURBER | 7 | James who wrote "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |