| MAUPIN | Armistead ---, American author of the novel series Tales Of The City (6) |
| BALZAC | French author of the novel series La Comedie Humaine |
| CITY | Armistead Maupin book series, Tales of the ... |
| ROALD | ___ Dahl, creator of the TV series Tales of the Unexpected (5) |
| GAME | ___ of Thrones TV series adapted from the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire which is ranked 12th on Rolling Stone's 2016 list of 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time |
| DORISLESSING | Who wrote the novel series Children of Violence? |
| COOPER | James Fenimore _, American author of the novel The Last Of The Mohicans (6) |
| HERMAN | American author of The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (6,4) |
| ASIMOV | American author of the Foundation series of science fiction stories (5,6 |
| MAILER | American author of The Naked and the Dead, d. 2007 (6) |
| LEGUIN | Ursula K. --- ---, American author of the Earthsea fantasy novel series (2,4) |
| IRVING | American author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (6) |
| KAHLIL | ____ Gibran, Lebanese-American author of The Prophet, first published in 1923 (6) |
| MCBAIN | Ed, American author of the '87th Precinct' thrillers (6) |
| URSULA | American author of the Earthsea fantasy novels, _ K. Le Guin (6) |
| GAYLIT | Armistead Maupin works et al. |
| ERNEST | American writer of The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell To Arms, ... Hemingway |
| NORMANMAILER | American author of the novel The Naked And The Dead (6,6) |
| ARMISTEADMAUPIN | Tales Of The City author (9,6) |
| LAURA | Actress Linney of 2019's Tales of the City |
