| 100% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Writer who coined the word "cyberspace" in his short story "Burning Chrome" (2 wds.) |
| 65% | NORMANMAILER | 12 | Writer who coined the word "factoid" in his biography of Marilyn Monroe (2 wds.) |
| 65% | GEORGEORWELL | 12 | Writer who coined the word "doublethink" in his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian short story author who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature: 2 wds. |
| 47% | WILLIAMGIBSON | 13 | Science fiction writer who coined the term "cyberspace": 2 wds. |
| 44% | SELMALAGERLOF | 13 | Swedish novelist and short story writer who was the first woman honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SINCLAIRLEWIS | 13 | Minnesota novelist and short story writer who was the first American honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 42% | STEPHENKING | 11 | "Carrie" author who won a 1996 O. Henry Award for his short story "The Man in the Black Suit": 2 wds. |
| 42% | CAPEK | 5 | Writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 42% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer who coined the word "nerd" |
| 41% | RICHARDCASTLE | 13 | Writer who was the title character in a 2009-2016 crime series: 2 wds. |
| 41% | CAPEK | 5 | Karel ___, writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 39% | EBONYFLOWERS | 12 | Writer/artist who won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Short Story for "Hot Comb" (2 wds.) |
| 39% | RAYBRADBURY | 11 | "S Is for Space" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 1999 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | HLMENCKEN | 9 | *Writer who coined the word "booboisie" |
| 37% | RUDYARDKIPLING | 14 | "Just So Stories" writer who was buried in Poets' Corner: 2 wds. |
| 36% | KATEWILHELM | 11 | "The Mile-Long Spaceship" short-story writer who was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2003 (2 wds.) |
| 36% | ALICEMUNRO | 10 | Canadian writer who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 36% | LOUISEGLUCK | 11 | American writer who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 36% | OLGATOKARCZUK | 13 | Polish writer who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature (2 wds.) |
| 36% | TIGERWOODS | 10 | Golfer who won the 2008 U.S. Open with a double fracture in his tibia: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DANMARINO | 9 | Quarterback who led the Dolphins to the 1985 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 35% | RUSSELLWILSON | 13 | Quarterback who led the Seahawks to the 2014 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JOEBURROW | 9 | Quarterback who led the Bengals to the 2022 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FORTUNESMILES | 13 | Adam Johnson short story collection that won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2015 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | KURTVONNEGUT | 12 | "Slaughterhouse-Five" writer who had a cameo as himself in the 1986 film "Back to School" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | RICHARDADAMS | 12 | Writer who created Fiver, Hazel, and their fellow rabbits in "Watership Down": 2 wds. |
| 35% | JULESVERNE | 10 | Writer who created Captain Nemo, traveler to the submerged city of Atlantis: 2 wds. |
| 34% | LEWISCARROLL | 12 | Writer who created the White Rabbit and the March Hare: 2 wds. |
| 34% | POE | 3 | Edgar Allan —, US short story writer who died in 1849 |