| SOLOMONNORTHUP | Author of the 1853 memoir Twelve Years a Slave which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| CORMACMCCARTHY | Author of the 2005 novel No Country for Old Men which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| NORTHUP | Solomon ---, American abolitionist, primary author of the 1853 memoir Twelve Years A Slave (7) |
| MARGARET | With 40-Across author of the 1936 novel Gone With the Wind which was made into a Best Picture-winning movie |
| FORRESTGUMP | Title role played by Tom Hanks in a 1994 Oscar-winning movie: 2 wds. |
| SLAVE | 12 Years a ___ 2013 biographical period drama film adapted from the 1853 memoir of the same name whose music was composed by Hans Zimmer |
| REBECCA | Daphne du Maurier novel made into a Best Picture |
| ARNOLD | Writer of the 1853 poem The Scholar-Gypsy (6) |
| SOLOMON | ___ Northup, main author of memoir Twelve Years A Slave and protagonist of the similarly titled 2014 film (7) |
| ALICEWALKER | Author of the 1982 novel The Color Purple which was made into a 1985 movie: 2 wds. |
| WATER | "The Shape of ___" (Best Picture-winning movie) |
| LAND | "La La ___" (almost-Best-Picture-winning movie of 2016) |
| ARGO | Best Picture-winning movie directed by Ben Affleck |
| WITHUS | Colleen Hoover bestseller which was made into a movie in 2024. (2,4,4,2) |
| ITENDS | Colleen Hoover bestseller which was made into a movie in 2024. (2,4,4,2) |
| GUMP | "Forrest ___" (Best Picture-winning 1994 film whose director and two main stars have reunited for a new movie 30 years later) |
| TOTREAD | E M Foster novel which was made into a movie starring Judy Davis, Where Angels Fear ... (2,5) |
| EARNEST | Oscar Wilde's play which was made into a film starring Michael Redgrave, Edith Evans and Margaret Rutherford, The Importance Of Being ... |
| HERBERT | Villeneuve adapted one of his works into a Best Picture nominee |
| MCEWAN | Ian whose "Atonement" was adapted into a Best Picture nominee |
