| LUCE | Clare Boothe ___, American writer |
| THEWOMEN | 1936 Clare Boothe Luce play |
| LUCES | Clare Boothe and Henry |
| TWAIN | Mark ___ , American writer (5) |
| POE | Edgar Allan ___ American writer and poet |
| COOPER | James Fenimore ___: American writer (6) |
| ANGELOU | Maya ___, American writer (7) |
| COBEN | Harlan ___, American writer of mystery novels |
| SEUSS | Dr _. American writer of children' stories (5) |
| ROTH | Philip ___, American writer of the Zuckerman novels (4) |
| SIEGEL | Jerry ___ (American writer who co-created Superman with Canadian cartoonist Joe Shuster) |
| CEBULSKI | C.B. ___ American writer who succeeded Axel Alsonso as the Editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics |
| ALGREN | Nelson ___, American writer best known for the 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm |
| SALINGER | J D _, American writer whose most famous work was The Catcher In The Rye (1951) |
| FITZGERALD | F Scott _, American writer whose works included The Great Gatsby (1925) |
| MCCARTHY | Cormac _, American writer whose novels include No Country For Old Men (8) |
| LONDON | Margaret _, American writer best known for her 1944 novel Anna And The King Of Siam (6) |
| BELLJAR | The _ _ American writer and poet Sylvia Plath's only novel (4,3) |
| BIERCE | Ambrose ___, American writer best known for his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary |
| BUSHNELL | Candace ___, American writer whose newspaper column inspired the TV series Sex And The City (8) |