| WALKER | Alice -; author who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple (6) |
| TYLER | Author of The Accidental Tourist who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Breathing Lessons (5) |
| PURPLE | 1982 epistolary novel by Alice Walker, The Color (6) |
| COLLINS | Charles Dickens's close friend William Wilkie, whose 1868 epistolary novel, The Moonstone, is widely considered the first English detective story (7) |
| LURIE | Alison who won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Foreign Affairs" |
| COLOR | The ___ Purple 1982 epistolary novel by Alice Walker |
| MARIWILSON | Singer best known for her 1982 top ten single Just What I Always Wanted (4,6) |
| THERESA | ___ Hak Kyung Cha, writer and artist known for her 1982 novel "Dictee" |
| JUNOTDIAZ | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao author who was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship genius grant in 2012: 2 wds. |
| NKJEMISIN | The Fifth Season sci-fi author who was awarded a genius grant in 2020: 3 wds. |
| IBRAMXKENDI | "Stamped from the Beginning" author who was awarded a 2021 MacArthur "genius grant" on Sept. 28 |
| ATWOOD | Margaret ---, Canadian author who was joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel The Testaments (6) |
| PRESSE | see 4ac, 1921 Booth Tarkington novel awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5,5) |
| TALCUM | see 4ac, 1921 Booth Tarkington novel awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5,5) |
| ANGELS | see 4ac, 1921 Booth Tarkington novel awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5,5) |
| PATENT | see 4ac, 1921 Booth Tarkington novel awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5,5) |
| HORSES | see 4ac, 1921 Booth Tarkington novel awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5,5) |
| BETIED | see 4ac, 1921 Booth Tarkington novel awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (5,5) |
| PRAWER | Ruth _ Jhabvala, late author who won the 1975 Booker Prize for her novel Heat And Dust (6) |
| HARVEY | English novelist who won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital (8,6) |
