| KALKI | Author of Ponniyin Selvan |
| ETHAN | and 16ac, Best Director Oscar winner; author of 1998 volume of short stories Gates of Eden (5,4) |
| ROBERTJORDAN | Late US author of the series of fantasy novels The Wheel of Time (6,6) |
| MILNE | Author of series of books for children featuring an overeating bear of "very little brain", a highly |
| ISAKDINESEN | Pen name of the female author of "Out of Africa" |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" |
| DARWIN | Author of On the Origin of Species (6) |
| ANGELOU | Author of The Heart of a Woman (7) |
| LUKE | Author of the Acts of the Apostles (4) |
| ELLIS | and 15ac, Pen name of Edith Pargeter; author of 1980 novel Monk's Hood (5,6) |
| PETERS | and 15ac, Pen name of Edith Pargeter; author of 1980 novel Monk's Hood (5,6) |
| HALL | Willis ?, author of 1958 stage play Disciplines of War, later renamed The Long and the Short and the Tall (4) |
| CRANE | and 17ac, Author of the novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage (7,5) |
| STEPHEN | and 17ac, Author of the novels George's Mother and The Red Badge of Courage (7,5) |
| BRONTE | and 9ac, Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (4,6) |
| ANNE | and 9ac, Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (4,6) |
| DELANEY | Shelagh, author of the 1958 stage play A Taste of Honey (7) |
| WHARTON | Edith, author of the novels The Mother's Recompense and The House of Mirth (7) |
| NOON | Jeff ___, author of novels Automated Alice and Falling Out Of Cars (4) |
| YANN | Mr. Martel, author of 2001 bestselling novel Life of Pi |
