| 100% | KAMERONHURLEY | 13 | Writer whose "The Light Brigade" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 75% | SEANANMCGUIRE | 13 | Writer whose "Middlegame" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 61% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 49% | AVNIDOSHI | 9 | American writer whose debut novel, "Burnt Sugar," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 49% | BRANDONTAYLOR | 13 | American writer whose debut novel, "Real Life," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 47% | PDJELICLARK | 11 | Writer whose "A Master of Djinn" won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2022 (3 wds.) |
| 47% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 47% | STEPHENCOLBERT | 14 | CBS "The Late Show" host whose show was nominated for a 2020 Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Talk Series (2 wds.) |
| 46% | DIANECOOK | 9 | American writer whose debut novel, "The New Wilderness," was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize (2 wds.) |
| 45% | EBONYFLOWERS | 12 | Writer/artist who won the 2020 Eisner Award for Best Short Story for "Hot Comb" (2 wds.) |
| 45% | STEPHENDALDRY | 13 | "The Inheritance" director who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play (2 wds.) |
| 45% | SETHMEYERS | 10 | NBC "Late Night" host whose show was nominated for a 2020 Writers Guild Award for Comedy/Variety Talk Series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | 18-Across and 29-Across writer whose novel "Ninth House" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GABRIELLEZEVIN | 14 | 16-Across and 28-Across writer whose novel "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" won the Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Fiction in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SILENTSPRING | 12 | 44-Across book about the environmental harm done by pesticides that was a finalist for the 1963 National Book Award for Nonfiction (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ELMORELEONARD | 13 | Crime writer whose 1990 novel is the inspiration for 13-Down: 2 wds. |
| 44% | AMERICANGODS | 12 | Novel by 39-Across that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Nebula Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 44% | HARRYSTYLES | 11 | Singer whose "As It Was" won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video in 2022: 2 wds. |
| 44% | BRUCEDESILVA | 12 | Novelist whose "Rogue Island" won the 2011 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2 wds.) |
| 44% | JASONMATTHEWS | 13 | Novelist whose "Red Sparrow" won the 2014 Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2 wds.) |
| 44% | ROBERTCORMIER | 13 | "I Am the Cheese" writer whose 1974 novel, "The Chocolate War," was one of the ALA's Best Books for Young Adults (2 wds.) |
| 43% | SALLYROONEY | 11 | Novelist whose "Beautiful World, Where Are You" won the 2021 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | DANNYBURSTEIN | 13 | "Moulin Rouge!" actor who won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MARLEEMATLIN | 12 | "Children of a Lesser God" star who is the youngest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress (2 wds.) |
| 43% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MIDDLECHILD | 11 | J. Cole single from the album "Revenge of the Dreamers III" that was nominated for a Best Rap Performance Grammy Award in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | CHUCKPALAHNIUK | 14 | Writer whose novel "Fight Club" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 42% | PREMEEMOHAMED | 13 | Writer whose "And What Can We Offer You Tonight" won the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 2022 (2 wds.) |
| 42% | STEPHENKING | 11 | He won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel six times, most recently for "Doctor Sleep": 2 wds. |