| ECO | Author of "Misreadings" |
| ETHAN | and 16ac, Best Director Oscar winner; author of 1998 volume of short stories Gates of Eden (5,4) |
| ROBERTJORDAN | Late US author of the series of fantasy novels The Wheel of Time (6,6) |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Author of "The Vicar of Wakefield" |
| ELLIS | and 15ac, Pen name of Edith Pargeter; author of 1980 novel Monk's Hood (5,6) |
| PETERS | and 15ac, Pen name of Edith Pargeter; author of 1980 novel Monk's Hood (5,6) |
| HALL | Willis ?, author of 1958 stage play Disciplines of War, later renamed The Long and the Short and the Tall (4) |
| BRONTE | and 9ac, Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (4,6) |
| ANNE | and 9ac, Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (4,6) |
| DELANEY | Shelagh, author of the 1958 stage play A Taste of Honey (7) |
| WHARTON | Edith, author of the novels The Mother's Recompense and The House of Mirth (7) |
| HESSE | Author of "Steppenwolf" |
| HUGO | French author of 'Les Miserables' (4) |
| DANIELDEFOE | Author of Robinson Crusoe (6,5) |
| DEFOE | Author of Robinson Crusoe (6,5) |
| DANIEL | Author of Robinson Crusoe (6,5) |
| MANTEL | The author of Wolf Hall (6) |
| ORWELL | Author of Animal Farm (6) |
| JOYCE | Author of Ulysses (5) |
| HARTE | Bret ___ (Author of Under the Redwoods) |
