| MCEWAN | Author of a number of novels including The Comfort of Strangers, Enduring Love and On Chesil Beach (6) |
| MAUGHAM | Paris-born British author of a number of novels including Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale (7) |
| DRABBLE | Margaret -; author of a number of novels including A Summer BirdCage, The Millstone, The Radiant Way and The Seven Sisters (7) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of a Warwickshire-born author who wrote a number of novels including The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner and Middlemarch (5) |
| SHAW | Author of a number of novels based on rural life including The New Rector, The Village Show and Country Lovers (4) |
| AIKEN | Joan -; author of a number of novels for children including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (5) |
| IANMCEWAN | British author of novels including Atonement and On Chesil Beach (3,6) |
| WALLACE | Edgar -; author of a number of crime novels including The Clue of the Twisted Candle, The Daffodil Mystery and The Green Archer (7) |
| SMITH | Alexander McCall -; author of the Sunday Philosophy Club novels including The Comfort of Saturdays (5) |
| FERMOR | Author of a number of travel books including Between the Woods and the Water and A Time of Gifts (6) |
| IAN | First name of author of Atonement, Saturday and On Chesil Beach (3) |
| CRADOCK | Nee Phyllis Nan Sortain Primrose Pechey, a flamboyant television chef who donned a ball-gown rather than an apron, popularised prawn cocktail and penned a number of novels, including her Castle Rising |
| FFORDE | Author of a number of romance novels including A Vintage Wedding, A Country Escape and A Rose Petal Summer (6) |
| SYMONS | Author of a number of crime novels including The Colour of Murder and The Paper Chase (6) |
| SIMENON | Author of a number of novels featuring the hatted pipe-smoking commissaire, Jules Maigret (7) |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author of a number of fairy tales including The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Snow Man (8) |
| PEYTON | Author of a number of books for children and young people, including Apple Won't Jump, Fly-by-Night, A Pattern of Roses, The Scruffy Pony as well as her classic Flambards novels that were adapted to s |
| BERRY | A soft fruit such as the red variety traditionally used to make an accompaniment for turkey; or, a former GBBO judge and author of a number of cookery volumes including Christmas Collection (5) |
| HEYER | Georgette -; author of a number of Regency romances including The Corinthian, Arabella, Venetia and Lady of Quality (5) |
| LECARRE | 86-year-old author of a number of best-selling novels over the past 56 years, most recently A Legacy of Spies (2,5) |
