| LFRANKBAUM | *Best-selling novelist who wrote the children's poetry volume "Father Goose" |
| CHRISTIE | Best-selling novelist of all time who penned the Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple novels as well as the world's longest-running play - The Mousetrap (8) |
| AGATHA | ____ Christie, English crime writer who is the best-selling novelist of all time (6) |
| KINGSLEY | Charles ---, 19th Century historian and novelist who wrote the children's classic The Water-Babies (8) |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | Best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records |
| SCOTTTUROW | Best-selling novelist whom Time called "Bard of the Litigious Age" |
| NORMANLINDSAY | Australian artist and author who wrote the children's classic The Magic Pudding (6,7) |
| SPIKEMILLIGAN | Who wrote the children's book Badjelly the Witch? (5,8) |
| MAURICESENDAK | Who wrote the children's book In the Night Kitchen (1970) |
| IANFLEMING | British author who wrote the children's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car published in 1964 (3,7) |
| WILDER | Laura --- ---, American author who wrote the children's classic Little House On The Prairie (7,6) |
| INGALLS | Laura --- ---, American author who wrote the children's classic Little House On The Prairie (7,6) |
| CHANNINGTATUM | Magic Mike actor who wrote the children's book The One and Only Sparkella: 2 wds. |
| TEDHUGHES | English poet who wrote the children's book The Iron Man published in 1968 (3,6) |
| BURNETT | Frances Hodgson _, Britishamerican playwright and author who wrote the children's novel The Secret Garden (1911) |
| SUSANN | Best-selling novelist about whom Gore Vidal said "She |
| ARCHER | Ex-politician and best-selling novelist, Jeffrey _ (6) |
| ARLO | Folksinger Guthrie, who wrote the children's book "Mooses Come Walking" |
| EMME | One-named model who wrote the children's book "What Are You Hungry For?" |
| CYNTHIAERIVO | Harriet actress who wrote the children's book Remember to Dream Ebere: 2 wds. |