| 100% | JOHNSANDFORD | 12 | Writer of 2018's "Twisted Prey," the 28th novel to feature sleuth Lucas Davenport (2 wds.) |
| 54% | IRISJOHANSEN | 12 | Writer of 2018's "Shattered Mirror," the 24th novel to feature forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (2 wds.) |
| 50% | DAVIDBALDACCI | 13 | Writer of 2018's "The Fallen," the fourth novel to feature detective Amos Decker (2 wds.) |
| 38% | BEVERLYCLEARY | 13 | Writer of the Ramona Quimby children's books who lived to age 104: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BORISPASTERNAK | 14 | Russian writer of the novel "Doctor Zhivago": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ROBINDIANGELO | 13 | Writer of the bestseller "White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | OCTAVIABUTLER | 13 | Writer of many dystopian novels, including "Parable of the Sower" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | IVANTURGENEV | 12 | Russian writer of the novel "Fathers and Sons": 2 wds. |
| 33% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer of the children's book, "The Cat in the Hat": 2 wds. |
| 33% | BEATRIXPOTTER | 13 | Writer of the children's story, "The Tale of Tom Kitten": 2 wds. |
| 33% | IJEOMAOLUO | 10 | Writer of the bestseller "So You Want to Talk About Race" (2 wds.) |
| 33% | RICHARDRUSSO | 12 | Writer of 17-Across, 36-Across, and the 2019 novel "Chances Are ... " (2 wds.) |
| 32% | SCOTTODELL | 10 | Writer whose children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins" won a Newbery Medal in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 32% | THELIGHTHOUSE | 13 | "To ___," writer Virginia Woolf's novel about the Ramsay family's visits to the Isle of Skye: 2 wds. |
| 31% | ANTONCHEKHOV | 12 | Russian writer of the play "Uncle Vanya": 2 wds. |
| 30% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Writer of many dystopian novels, including "A Handmaid's Tale" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | ROALDDAHL | 9 | Writer of the children's books that the movies directed by 14-, 20-, and 36-Across were based on: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARGARETATWOOD | 14 | Author of the dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" and its sequel, "The Testaments": 2 wds. |
| 29% | EUGENEIONESCO | 13 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "Rhinoceros" and "The Bald Soprano": 2 wds. |
| 29% | THEVALKYRIES | 12 | Paulo Coelho's autobiographical novel of the journey to Mojave Desert: 2 wds. |
| 28% | JEANPAULSARTRE | 14 | 20th-century writer of the French plays "No Exit" and "The Flies": 2 wds., hyph. |
| 28% | JOHNGRISHAM | 11 | Bestselling novelist of 2018's "The Reckoning" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BYSSHESHELLEY | 13 | Romantic poet Percy, the writer of classic poems such as "Ozymandias", "Ode to the West Wind" and "To a Skylark": 2 wds. |
| 28% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Author of "Brush Back," the latest of 17 novels featuring 38-Across: 2 wds. |
| 28% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 28% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 28% | WOODROWWILSON | 13 | 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921: 2 wds. |
| 27% | AGOODHARDLOOK | 13 | 2011 novel by 52-Across that features the writer Flannery O'Connor (4 wds.) |
| 27% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 27% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |