| COOLIDGE | American author who wrote 1872's What Katy Did, Susan _ (8) |
| KATY | What ___ Did, Susan Coolidge novel (4) |
| THOUSANDS | Ms Smith's content to do Susan harm (9) |
| ROBERTBLOCH | 20th Century American author who wrote the 1959 novel Psycho (6,5) |
| EDGAR | American author who wrote the 1845 narrative poem The Raven, _ Allan Poe (5) |
| INGALLS | Laura --- ---, American author who wrote the children's classic Little House On The Prairie (7,6) |
| WILDER | Laura --- ---, American author who wrote the children's classic Little House On The Prairie (7,6) |
| MORRISON | American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (4,8) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond _, Anglo-american writer who created fictional detective Philip Marlowe (8) |
| REXSTOUT | American writer who created the fictional detective Nero Wolfe (3,5) |
| CEBULSKI | C.B. ___ American writer who succeeded Axel Alsonso as the Editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics |
| SUSAN | ___ Coolidge, author of 'What Katy Did' (5) |
| NEXT | What Katy Did ___, Susan Coolidge sequel (4) |
| SARANDON | Susan _; actress who starred in Thelma and Louise (8) |
| FLANNERY | Stephanie Forrester in The Bold And The Beautiful, Susan ___ |
| TONI | American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (4,8) |
| DANIELLESTEEL | American writer who is the world's bestselling living author (8,5) |
| HUBBARD | Lafayette Ronald ___ American author who holds the Guiness record of Most Published works by one author with 1084 books |
| TONIMORRISON | American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 for her collected works (4,8) |
| MARKTWAIN | American author who published his first short story at age 30 |
