| 45% | BLYTON | 6 | Writer Enid who created the Famous Five |
| 37% | SAMSHEPARD | 10 | Writer, actor, and director who won a Pulitzer Prize for the play "Buried Child" (2 wds.) |
| 37% | EDGARALLANPOE | 13 | American writer who is famous for his work "The Pit and the Pendulum": 3 wds. |
| 36% | NATION | 6 | Terry —, Welsh writer who created the Daleks for BBC TV series Dr Who |
| 36% | NATION | 6 | Terry —, Welsh writer who created the Daleks for BBC TV series Doctor Who |
| 35% | LIN | 3 | ___-Manuel Miranda who created the soundtracks for "Moana" and "Encanto" |
| 34% | TIMMY | 5 | Dog in The Famous Five children's book series by Enid Blyton |
| 34% | ALLIE | 5 | Writer/cartoonist Brosh who created the Web comic “Hyperbole and a Half” |
| 34% | BLYTON | 6 | Children's author Enid, created The Famous Five |
| 34% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 33% | ARTURO | 6 | Castro who created and starred in the Comedy Central series “Alternatino” |
| 32% | ALSTON | 6 | Charles who created murals for Harlem Hospital and the American Museum of Natural History |
| 31% | HERBS | 5 | The —, 1968 BBC TV children's series created and written by Michael Bond |
| 31% | LINDA | 5 | ___ Fite, female comic writer and editor who wrote "The Cat" series for Marvel Comics |
| 31% | TOMCLANCY | 9 | Writer who created the Jack Ryan series continued with the 2019 novel "Enemy Contact" by Mike Maden (2 wds.) |
| 30% | MINDY | 5 | ___ Kaling, actress from "The Office" who wrote and directed two episodes for the series |
| 30% | VCANDREWS | 9 | Writer who created the Dollanganger family series continued with the 2019 novel "Beneath the Attic" by ghostwriter Andrew Neiderman (3 wds.) |
| 30% | ROBERTBPARKER | 13 | Writer who created the Jesse Stone series continued with the 2019 novel "The Bitterest Pill" by Reed Farrel Coleman (3 wds.) |
| 30% | MARIKOTAMAKI | 12 | Writer/artist who won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Writer for the comics series "Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass," "Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me," and "Archie" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | BEARS | 5 | Belinda and Doctor Brown in the animated children's TV series "Peppa Pig," for two |
| 30% | ENOS | 4 | Son of Seth in the Old Testament who lived for nine hundred and five years |
| 30% | MATTDRUDGE | 10 | Personality who created a famous report and who Tucker Carlson recently said was "firmly a man of the progressive left" |
| 30% | JDMARTINEZ | 10 | Red Sox slugger who led the MLB in RBIs for the 2018 regular season and who drove in five runs in the 2018 World Series (3 wds.) |
| 30% | ANTONCHEKHOV | 12 | Russian writer who created the characters played by 15-Across, 40-Across, and 45-Across in "The Seagull" |
| 29% | CLANCY | 6 | Writer who created the Ryanverse |
| 29% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Novelist and former lawyer who created the "King and Maxwell" crime series (2 wds.) |
| 29% | TIM | 3 | ___ Schafer, American game designer who created "The Secret of Monkey Island" and "Full Throttle" |
| 29% | SEARLE | 6 | English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series |
| 29% | GARYLARSON | 10 | US cartoonist who created The Far Side series |