| MARKGATISS | Actor-writer; author of 2004 novel The Vesuvius Club (4,6) |
| GATISS | Mark ___, actor-writer; author of 2004 novel The Vesuvius Club (6) |
| ROBINSON | Marilynne ?, author of 2004 novel Gilead; winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction |
| DAVIDLODGE | Author of novels Changing Places and Author, Author (5,5) |
| PIRANDELLO | "Six characters in Search of an Author" author |
| MANKELL | Henning, author of the 2004 novel The Return of the Dancing Master (7) |
| JOHNWYNDHAM | 20th Century British science-fiction writer, author of The Day Of The Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos (4,7) |
| EHRENBURG | Ilya, Soviet writer, author of the novel The Thaw (9) |
| HESTERLYNCHTHRALE | English writer, author of Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) |
| SALINGER | JD _, American writer, author of The Catcher In The Rye (1951) |
| ALICEWALKER | US activist and writer, author of acclaimed The Color Purple (5,6) |
| AMBROSEBIERCE | US journalist and short story writer, author of The Devil's Dictionary |
| MENANDER | Comedic Greek writer, author of Dyskolos (The Grouch) |
| HAMMETT | Dashiell ___ (1894-1961), crime writer, author of The Maltese Falcon (1930) (7) |
| TIMDEE | UK nature writer, author of The Running Sky (3, 3) |
| EDITHNESBIT | English writer, author of The Railway Children (5,6) |
| MCCARTHY | Michael ___, environment writer, author of Say Goodbye To The Cuckoo (8) |
| GOTLIEB | Phyllis, Canadian science fiction writer, author of Sunburst (7) |
| RUNYON | A. Damon --, US short-story writer, author of 'Guys and Dolls' (6) |
| COLIN | Travel writer, author of In Siberia (1997) (5,7) |
