| 100% | AESOP | 5 | Writer who long ago penned the phrase "Familiarity breeds contempt" |
| 44% | AESOP | 5 | Originator of the phrase "Familiarity breeds contempt" |
| 37% | KANT | 4 | Writer who coined the phrase "categorical imperative" |
| 34% | LESAGE | 6 | French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things" |
| 34% | MUNRO | 5 | H H —, British writer who used the pen name Saki |
| 34% | PLINY | 5 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "with a grain of salt" |
| 33% | TERENCE | 7 | Roman writer who originated the phrase "Where there's life, there's hope" |
| 33% | GAILSIMONE | 10 | Writer who had the longest tenure as a woman writing Wonder Woman comic books (2 wds.) |
| 30% | TWAIN | 5 | Who said "Familiarity breeds contempt - and children" |
| 30% | ARIE | 4 | NYC's "Mad" writer Kaplan who also penned "Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed!" |
| 30% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Thriller writer who also wrote under the pen name Richard Bachman (2 wds.) |
| 30% | RUTHRENDELL | 11 | Mystery writer who also wrote under the pen name Barbara Vine (2 wds.) |
| 29% | ANAIS | 5 | Risque writer Nin, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, who penned "Seduction of the Minotaur" in 1958 |
| 29% | ERST | 4 | Long ago, in the past |
| 29% | CLANCY | 6 | Writer who created the Ryanverse |
| 29% | NORAROBERTS | 11 | Romance writer who also wrote under the pen name J.D. Robb (2 wds.) |
| 29% | VWOOLF | 6 | *Writer who penned the 1927 essay "The Art of Fiction" |
| 29% | CAPEK | 5 | Writer who coined the word "robot" |
| 29% | LEFTY | 5 | Writer who's in the minority |
| 29% | AUSTEN | 6 | Writer who created the Dashwood sisters |
| 29% | DRSEUSS | 7 | Writer who coined the word "nerd" |
| 28% | URIS | 4 | Writer who created the writer Gideon Zadok |
| 28% | VLADIMIRNABOKOV | 15 | Writer who created the character Vivian Darkbloom |
| 28% | AAMILNE | 7 | Writer who populated the Hundred Acre Wood |
| 28% | OHENRY | 6 | Writer who coined the term "banana republic" (1904) |
| 28% | ANNALIST | 8 | Writer who writes about the year's events |
| 28% | POE | 3 | Writer who inspired the Baltimore Ravens' mascot name |
| 27% | AAMILNE | 7 | Writer who created the Hundred Acre Wood: 3 wds. |
| 27% | MACKENZIE | 9 | Writer who's the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos |
| 27% | CAPEK | 5 | Karel ___, writer who coined the word "robot" |