| 100% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 92% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 87% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels inspired the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 76% | KATHYREICHS | 11 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Bones" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 72% | TESSGERRITSEN | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Rizzoli & Isles" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 69% | DIANAGABALDON | 13 | Writer whose novels are the basis of the "Outlander" TV series (2 wds.) |
| 62% | 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.) |
| 54% | DARKLYDREAMING | 14 | "___ Dexter," book by Jeff Lindsay which inspired the TV series "Dexter": 2 wds. |
| 54% | ELMORELEONARD | 13 | Crime writer whose 1990 novel is the inspiration for 13-Down: 2 wds. |
| 53% | JESMYNWARD | 10 | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing, Unburied, Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| 52% | CHARLESYU | 9 | Writer whose novel "Interior Chinatown" won the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 52% | SUSANCHOI | 9 | Writer whose novel "Trust Exercise" won the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TESSGUNTY | 9 | Writer whose novel "The Rabbit Hutch" won the 2022 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 51% | JASONMOTT | 9 | Writer whose novel "Hell of a Book" won the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CHUCKPALAHNIUK | 14 | Writer whose novel "Fight Club" was adapted as a 1999 film of the same name (2 wds.) |
| 51% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror writer whose stories are the basis for the Hulu series "Castle Rock": 2 wds. |
| 51% | SHIRLEYJACKSON | 14 | Writer whose novel "The Haunting of Hill House" was adapted as the 1999 film "The Haunting" (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ROBERTJORDAN | 12 | Fantasy writer whose epic 34-Across series includes 2,782 named characters in 14 novels (2 wds.) |
| 49% | ARKADYMARTINE | 13 | Writer whose "A Memory Called Empire" won the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | SEANANMCGUIRE | 13 | Writer whose "Middlegame" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 49% | 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.) |
| 49% | THEALIENIST | 11 | American period drama TV series starring Dakota Fanning which is based on a novel of the same name by Caleb Carr: 2 wds. |
| 48% | MALINDALO | 9 | Writer whose novel "Last Night at the Telegraph Club" won the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2 wds.) |
| 48% | KAMERONHURLEY | 13 | Writer whose "The Light Brigade" was a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel (2 wds.) |
| 48% | SCOTTODELL | 10 | Writer whose children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins" won a Newbery Medal in 1961 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ALTEREDCARBON | 13 | American dystopian sci-fi TV series starring Joel Kinnaman which is based on a novel of the same name by Richard K. Morgan: 2 wds. |
| 48% | LEIGHBARDUGO | 12 | 18-Across and 29-Across writer whose novel "Ninth House" won the 2019 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Fantasy (2 wds.) |
| 47% | JOHNSANDFORD | 12 | Writer whose mystery series features crime investigator Virgil Flowers: 2 wds. |
| 47% | JANETEVANOVICH | 14 | Writer whose mystery series features bounty hunter Stephanie Plum: 2 wds. |
| 47% | EDITHWHARTON | 12 | American writer whose novel "The Age of Innocence" was published in 1920 (2 wds.) |