| ELLISON | Author whose first novel, "Invisible Man," won the 1953 National Book Award |
| RALPHELLISON | African-American author of Invisible Man winner of the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| BLACK | ___ Sabbath English rock band whose song Iron Man won the 2000 Grammy for Best Metal Performance |
| WHISKER | By which the man won the "Best Beard" competition? (7) |
| KATE | and 40ac, English author whose first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year |
| ATKINSON | see 42ac, English author whose first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year |
| BANKS | Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| IAIN | And 33 Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, English author whose first novel was The Black Moth (5) |
| AUSTEN | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline "By a Lady" |
| MARTINAMIS | Author whose first novel was The Rachel Papers (64) |
| CLANCY | American author whose first novel was The Hunt for Red October |
| GIBBONS | Stella ___, English author whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (7) |
| CARTLAND | Dame Barbara ___, prolific author whose first novel, Jigsaw, was published in 1923 |
| BERYLBAINBRIDGE | Author whose first novel was Harriet Said..... in 1972 (5,10) |
| EMFORSTER | Author whose first novel was Where angels fear to tread (1,1,7) |
| COWLEY | New Zealand author whose first novel was Nest in a Falling Tree, in 1967 (6) |
| ERICAJONG | American author whose first novel was Fear of Flying |
| ACHEBE | Nigerian author whose first novel, Things Fall Apart, concerns traditional Igbo life/culture (6) |
| MELVILLE | US author whose first novel was 1846's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (8) |
