| KOESTLER | Arthur ******** , author noted for his novel 'Darkness at Noon' (8) |
| BENCHLEY | Peter, author noted for his novel Jaws published in 1974 (8) |
| JACOBSEN | Howard ******** , author noted for his 2010 novel 'The Finkler Question' (8) |
| SALINGER | JD ********, author noted for his 1951 novel 'The Catcher in the Rye' (8) |
| THEODORE | _ Dreiser, U.S. novelist born in 1871, noted noted for his novel Sister Carrie (8) |
| STENDHAL | Pen name of French writer noted for his novel 'The Charterhouse of Parma' (8) |
| KENEALLY | Thomas, Australian writer noted for his novel Schindler's Ark (8) |
| DOCTOROW | E.L. ******, US writer noted for his novel 'Billy Bathgate' (8) |
| MATHESON | Richard, U.S. fantasy and horror author noted for his 1954 novel I Am Legend (8) |
| RABELAIS | Francois, French author noted for his comic work Gargantua and Pantagruel (8) |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ___, writer noted for his novel The Adventures of Roderick Random |
| BENELTON | British comedian noted for his novels Dead Famous and High Society (3,5) |
| ARTHURKOESTLER | Darkness at Noon writer (6,8) |
| GUSTAVEFLAUBERT | French author noted for his novel Madame Bovary published in book form in 1857 (7,8) |
| STYRON | William, U.S. author noted for his novel Sophie's Choice (6) |
| AMIS | Kingsley, English author noted for his novel Lucky Jim published in 1954 (4) |
| STAN | ____ Barstow, Yorkshire author noted for his novel A Kind Of Loving (4) |
| HERMANWOUK | U.S. author noted for his novel The Winds Of War (6,4) |
| BECKER | Jurek *****, Polish-born author noted for his novel "Jacob the Liar" (6) |
| BORISPASTERNAK | Russian poet and author noted for his novel Doctor Zhivago published in 1957 (5,9) |