| BRAMSTOKER | Author of the novel Dracula (4,6) |
| STOKER | Bram --, author of the novel 'Dracula' (6) |
| IMPALER | Vlad the - - -, nickname of a Romanian ruler said to have inspired the novel Dracula (7) |
| WHITBY | Town where Mina joins her friend Lucy on holiday in the novel Dracula (6) |
| HARKER | Jonathan, narrator of novel Dracula (6) |
| WESTENRA | Lucy ?, best friend of Mina Murray in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula (8) |
| BRAM | Irish novelist best known for his 1897 novel Dracula (4,6) |
| TARKINGTON | Author of the novel The Magnificent Ambersons (5,10) |
| NEVILSHUTE | Author of the novel, 'On the Beach' (5,5) |
| WILLIAMSON | Author of the novel Tarka the Otter (10) |
| RUMAANALAM | Author of the novel Leave the World Behind, which was adapted into a 2023 film |
| IANFLEMING | Author of the novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car (3,7) |
| CHESTERTON | GK, author of the novel The Innocence 0f Father Brown (10) |
| ANNEBRONTE | Author of the novel 'Agnes Grey' (4,6) |
| HENRYJAMES | Author of the novel 'Washington Square' (5,5) |
| MCCUTCHEON | Author of the novel Brewster's Millions (6,4,10) |
| GEORGEBARR | Author of the novel Brewster's Millions (6,4,10) |
| ARUNDHATIROY | Author of the novel "The God of Small Things", winner of the Booker Prize in 1997 |
| GREENE | Graham -; author of the novel Brighton Rock, the play The Potting Shed and the collection of verse Babbling April (6) |
| SHERRIFF | R. C. -; author of the novel The Fortnight in September and the play Journey's End who also co-wrote the script for the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (8) |
