| OHENRY | Author known for twist endings |
| POE | Author known for the macabre |
| BELLOC | Hilaire -, Eng. author known for comic verse |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, author known for her Regency romances (5) |
| SANDS | Canadian author known for her Argeneau series about vampires |
| SHALAMOV | Varlam ___, Russian author known for his Kolyma Tales (8) |
| EECUMMINGS | Author known for using lowercase letters in his poems |
| MILNE | Author known for teddy bear stories |
| LECARRE | Author known for the intelligence of his writing? |
| MCKEE | Robert __, author known for teaching screenwriting (5) |
| MARTINAMIS | British author known for his 1984 novel "Money" |
| ERICCARLE | Children's author known for collage illustrations |
| URIS | American author known for his historical novels such as Exodus and Trinity, Leon ... |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ---, 18th Century Scottish poet and author known for novels such as The Adventures Of Roderick Random (8) |
| CARTLAND | Barbara - - -, prolific 20th Century author known for her romantic novels (8) |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | British author known for her murder mystery novels: 2 wds. |
| FORESTER | C. S. ___ (1899-1966), English author known for his twelve novels featuring naval officer Horatio Hornblower (8) |
| SAXROHMER | Prolific English author known for a series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr Fu Manchu (3,6) |
| ENID | _ Blyton, children's author known for her The Famous Five books (4) |
| ALGER | Horatio ___ (1832-99), US author known for his ragsto-riches stories (5) |