| ANDREWDAVIES | British author and screenwriter whose TV adaptations include Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House and Little Dorrit |
| AUSTEN | Surname of the author whose works include Pride And Prejudice and Emma (6) |
| EBOOKS | Sweetheart makes a reservation in bleak house and animal farm on the Internet (1-5) |
| KNEALE | Nigel, screenwriter whose television serials include The Ouatermass Experiment and Ouatermass And The Pit (6) |
| PLANTE | Lynda La -; screenwriter whose television drama Prime Suspect starred Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison (6) |
| CRICHTON | Michael ---, author and screenwriter whose novels include Jurassic Park and Congo (8) |
| NEILGAIMAN | English author and screenwriter whose work The Graveyard Book won him the Newbery and Carnegie medals: 2 wds. |
| JANEAUSTEN | 19th-century author whose novel Pride and Prejudice has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| ROALDDAHL | British novelist, poet and screenwriter whose film scripts include You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| ARCHER | Jeffrey - - -, British author and former MP, whose novels include Kane And Abel (6) |
| BRAMSTOKER | 19th-century author whose novel Dracula has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| CHARLESDICKENS | 19th-century author whose novella A Christmas Carol has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| POTTER | English television dramatist and screenwriter whose notable productions include Pennies from Heaven, |
| ORSONWELLES | 20th Century American film director, actor and screenwriter, whose films include Citizen Kane (5,6) |
| SIMON | Neil ---, US playwright and screenwriter whose works include the 1965 play The Odd Couple (5) |
| LEONARD | Elmore ---, American novelist and screenwriter whose works include Get Shorty (7) |
| SHANEMEADOWS | English film director and screenwriter whose This is England won a BAFTA for Best British Film |
| ODETS | Clifford ---, 20th-Century American playwright and screenwriter whose works include 1935's Waiting For Lefty (5) |
| OSBORNE | John ---, English dramatist and screenwriter whose works include the 1956 play Look Back In Anger (7) |
| NEILSIMON | American playwright and screenwriter whose works include the 1965 play The Odd Couple (4,5) |
