| SALLYROONEY | Author of "Normal People," the Novel of the Year at the 2018 Irish Book Awards: 2 wds. |
| ANNEENRIGHT | Author of "The Green Road," the Novel of the Year at the 2015 Irish Book Awards: 2 wds. |
| EMMADONOGHUE | Author of "Room," the Novel of the Year at the 2010 Irish Book Awards: 2 wds. |
| SALLY | Christian name of 2018 Irish Book Awards winner for her book "Normal People" (5) |
| CHARACTERS | Fictional people, the novel's main |
| ROONEY | Sally - - - - - -, author of Normal People (6) |
| BERNARDMALAMUD | Author whose works "The Magic Barrel" and "The Fixer" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| JESMYNWARD | Author whose novels "Salvage the Bones" and "Sing Unburied Sing" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| PHILIPROTH | Author whose works "Goodbye Columbus" and "Sabbath's Theater" each won a National Book Award: 2 wds. |
| OLDDOMINION | "Written in the Sand" band that won Vocal Group of the Year at the 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards: 2 wds. |
| MIRANDALAMBERT | "Tin Man" singer who won Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards: 2 wds. |
| JASONALDEAN | "You Make It Easy" singer who won Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 Academy of Country Music Awards: 2 wds. |
| BRUNOMARS | Winner of Album, Record, and Song of the Year at the 2018 Grammys: 2 wds. |
| FRENCH | The language in which the novel of The Phantom of the Opera was written (6) |
| AVA | Director DuVernay who was awarded Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 NAACP Image Awards |
| HAVANA | 'Video of the Year' at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, performed by Camila Cabello (6) |
| CAMILACABELLO | Singer named New Artist Of The Year at the 2018 American Music Awards, held on October 9 (6,7) |
| TENTHOUSAND | ___ Saints 2015 Ethan Hawke starrer drama film based on the novel of the same name by Eleanor Henderson: 2 wds. |
| RIPLEYSGAME | 2002 thriller drama starring Lena Headey which is based on the novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith: 2 wds. |
| HOLLYBLACK | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
