| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer and poet born Boston 1809, credited with inventing detective and science fiction genres (5,5,3) |
| RANULPH | ____ Fiennes, explorer, writer and poet born in 1944 |
| RUDYARD | And 9 English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| KIPLING | English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| UBERGEEKS | Those with an intense passion for tech and science fiction, say |
| NERDCORE | Hip hop subgenre with songs about video games and science fiction |
| HOYLE | Fred ___ (1915-2001), English astrophysicist and science-fiction writer who coined the term 'Big Bang' in 1949 (5) |
| BELLJAR | The _ _ American writer and poet Sylvia Plath's only novel (4,3) |
| HERMANMELVILLE | American writer and poet who wrote a very famous book, in which the narrator, Ishmael, marries his friend Queequeg. |
| POE | Edgar Allan ___ American writer and poet |
| MAYA | American author and poet whose first autobiography was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (4,7) |
| ANGELOU | American author and poet whose first autobiography was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (4,7) |
| MAYAANGELOU | American author and poet whose first autobiography was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (4,7) |
| GEORGEARNOLD | American author and poet whose works include the humorous poem The Jolly Old Pedagogue |
| BRETHARTE | American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California |
| RAND | Last name of the Russian-born American writer and philosopher who gained fame with her novel The Fountainhead (1943) |
| SHELSILVERSTEIN | American writer and cartoonist remembered for his stories and poems for children (4,11) |
| ADAM | American writer and director of the films The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up (4,5) |
| MCKAY | American writer and director of the films The Big Short, Vice and Don't Look Up (4,5) |
| VALERY | Paul, French critic and poet born in 1871 (6) |
