| EVARISTO | Bernardine, British author noted for her 2019 novel Girl, Woman, Other (8) |
| OBRIEN | Author of the 2019 novel Girl; or, a Nineteen Eighty-er character (1'5) |
| BLACKMAN | Malorie ___ , British writer noted for her young adult novel series Noughts & Crosses (8) |
| BRADFORD | Barbara Taylor, late author noted for her novel A Woman Of Substance (8) |
| JHABVALA | Ruth Prawer, German-born U.S. author noted for her novel Heat And Dust (8) |
| ROBINSON | Marilynne, U.S. author noted for her 2004 novel Gilead (8) |
| EFBENSON | British writer noted for a series of comic novels featuring the characters Mapp and Lucia (1,1,6) |
| KINSELLA | Sophie, English author noted for her Shopaholic series (8) |
| GABALDON | Diana, U.S. author noted for her Outlander series of novels (8) |
| VIRGINIA | ____ McKenna, actress and author noted for her work with the Born Free Foundation (8) |
| JEANETTE | ___ Winterson, English author of the 2019 novel Frankissstein (8) |
| LOVERMAN | BBC series based on the novel by Bernardine Evaristo (2,8) |
| CLARISSA | S. Richardson novel; girl's name |
| THOUSAND | A ___ Ships 2019 novel by Natalie Haynes that is a modern retelling of the Trojan War mythology |
| GIRL | "___, Woman, Other" (Booker Prize-winning novel by Bernardine Evaristo) |
| ALDISS | Brian, British writer noted for his sci-fi Helliconia trilogy (6) |
| RUSHDIE | Salman, Indian-born British writer noted for Midnight's Children (7) |
| OTHER | "Girl, Woman, ___": Bernardine Evaristo novel |
| SUSANHILL | Author noted for her Gothic horror novel, The Woman In Black (5,4) |
| SHRIVER | Lionel ___ , U.S. author noted for her 2005 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (7) |
