| 100% | SHIRLEYJACKSON | 14 | Writer whose novel "The Haunting of Hill House" was adapted as the 1999 film "The Haunting" (2 wds.) |
| 68% | CHUCKPALAHNIUK | 14 | Writer whose novel "Fight Club" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 63% | GRAHAM | 6 | With 35-Across, writer whose novel "The End of the Affair" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name |
| 51% | CALEBCARR | 9 | Writer whose novels "The Alienist" and "The Angel of Darkness" were adapted as a TV series starring 16-Across and 32-Across (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALASDAIRGRAY | 12 | "Lanark" writer whose novel "Poor Things" was adapted as a film starring Emma Stone, 17-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 46% | AMORTOWLES | 10 | "The Lincoln Highway" writer whose novel "A Gentleman in Moscow" was adapted as a Paramount+ series starring 14-Across and 45-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 45% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 44% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | American writer whose novel "The Age of Innocence" was published in 1920 (2 wds.) |
| 44% | SUZANNECOLLINS | 14 | "The Hunger Games" series novelist whose "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" was adapted as a 2023 film starring 19-Across and 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 43% | LARRYMCMURTRY | 13 | American novelist whose 1985 novel "Lonesome Dove" won the Pulitzer Prize and whose six novels were adapted into films: 2 wds. |
| 43% | SUSANNAKAYSEN | 13 | American author whose memoir "Girl, Interrupted" was adapted into a 1999 film: 2 wds. |
| 41% | SEESA | 5 | "Steven ___ Ghost" (episode from "The Haunting of Hill House"): 2 wds. |
| 41% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Australian writer whose novels "Big Little Lies" and "Nine Perfect Strangers" were adapted by 18-Across as miniseries starring 40-Across (2 wds.) |
| 41% | AMYTAN | 6 | Writer whose first novel was adapted as a film by Wayne Wang |
| 41% | OLDMAN | 6 | *"The ___ and the Sea," 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| 41% | LIANEMORIARTY | 13 | Author of the novel "Big Little Lies" which was adapted into an Emmy-winning TV series: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ANNBRASHARES | 12 | YA novelist whose "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" book series was adapted into movies starring America Ferrera: 2 wds. |
| 40% | ELMORELEONARD | 13 | Crime writer whose 1990 novel is the inspiration for 13-Down: 2 wds. |
| 40% | RIDGEMONTHIGH | 13 | "Fast Times at ___," coming-of-age comedy film featuring Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli which was adapted from a novel: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WHITENOISE | 10 | Novel by 44-Across that was adapted as a 2022 film by Noah Baumbach (2 wds.) |
| 40% | STONE | 5 | "Rodney ___," gothic mystery novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that was adapted as "The House of Temperley" |
| 39% | 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.) |
| 39% | JAYASHER | 8 | Author whose book "Thirteen Reasons Why" was adapted into a Netflix show of the same name: 2 wds. |
| 39% | DENNISLEHANE | 12 | Author of the 2001 novel "Mystic River" that was made into a 2003 Sean Penn film: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RICHARDFORD | 11 | "The Sportswriter" novelist whose novel 47-Across was adapted into a film by 14-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | GWENSTEFANI | 11 | Singer whose 2005 #1 hit "Hollaback Girl" was produced by Pharrell Williams as half of the Neptunes: 2 wds. |
| 39% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 39% | THEMATRIX | 9 | A 1999 Sci-Fi film in which Keanu Reeves - whose birthday it is today - portrays the main character, named "Neo": 2 wds. |