| ELMORELEONARD | American author of crime novels such as Glitz (6,7) |
| RENDELL | Ruth, author of crime novels such as An Unkindness of Ravens (7) |
| SPILLANE | Mickey ___, American author of crime novels who created Mike Hammer |
| THOMASPYNCHON | Author of acclaimed but abstruse novels such as Gravity’s Rainbow and V. |
| SLAUGHTER | Karin ?, author of crime novels Pretty Girls, Triptych and Indelible (9) |
| AGATHA | _ Christie, author of crime novels (6) |
| FRANCIS | Dick --, famous jockey and author of crime novels (7) |
| NGAIO | ___ Marsh, NZ author of crime novels (5) |
| PATRICIA | Writer of crime novels featuring medical examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta, ... Cornwell |
| BEATON | M. C. -; pen name of the author of the Hamish Macbeth series of novels such as Death of a Gossip, De |
| SIDNEY | Best-selling author of novels such as Master of the Game and The Other Side of Midnight who also created the TV series I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart (6,7) |
| SHELDON | Best-selling author of novels such as Master of the Game and The Other Side of Midnight who also created the TV series I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart (6,7) |
| MISSREAD | Pen name of the author of the Fairacre novels such as Village School, Miss Clare Remembers, Over the |
| DELANY | Author of LGBT sci-fi novels such as Babel-17, also a typo of FDR's middle name |
| URIS | American author known for his historical novels such as Exodus and Trinity, Leon ... |
| MARSH | Author of the Roderick Alleyn novels such as Vintage Murder (5) |
| ERICAJONG | US feminist writer of novels such as Fear of Flying |
| HANNAH | Sophie, author of recent Hercule Poirot novels such as The Monogram Murders (6) |
| HGWELLS | English novelist who wrote some of the earliest science fiction novels, such as The War of the Worlds. (1,1,5) |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ---, 18th Century Scottish poet and author known for novels such as The Adventures Of Roderick Random (8) |
