| MACAULAY | Dame Rose ___; author of books including Potterism, Keeping Up Appearances and The Towers of Trebizond (8) |
| BRYSON | Bill ___, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods (6) |
| WAINWRIGHT | Alfred ___, author of book series A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (10) |
| TREMAIN | Rose ___, author of the novels Restoration and The Colour (7) |
| HEINEY | Rose ___, author of 2008 novel The Days Of Judy B (6) |
| SCOTT | Author of the Raj Quartet comprising The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence and A Division of the Spoils (5) |
| ROSEMACAULAY | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond |
| ROSE | Author of novels The World My Wilderness and The Towers of Trebizond (4,8) |
| STRONG | Former director of the V&A and also the National Portrait Gallery, author of books including The Artist and the Garden, A Country Life and The Elizabethan Image (6) |
| DAWKINS | Biologist, fellow of the Royal Society and author of books including The Blind Watchmaker, Unweaving the Rainbow and The Magic of Reality (7) |
| WEST | Pen name of the author of books including The Return of the Soldier, The Fountain Overflows, Sunflower and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (4) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of Mary Ann Evans, author of books including The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch and Scenes of Clerical Life collection of three stories (5) |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace -; author of books including Vanity Fair, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond and The Fitz-Boodle Papers (9) |
| LESSING | Born in Persia and brought up in Rhodesia until moving to London in her 30s, author of books including The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook (7) |
| ADAMS | Author of books including Watership Down, Nature Through the Seasons, The Tyger Voyage and The Ship's Cat (5) |
| PECK | Author of books including A Patchwork Tale, The Skirts of Time, A Garden Enclosed, House-Bound and Home for the Holidays (4) |
| SNOWGOOSE | The - -; novella by Paul Gallico, author of books including Thomasina and The Poseidon Adventure (4,5) |
| TREE | Author of books including The Bird Man, Islands in the Clouds and Wilding (4) |
| BURNETT | Author of books including Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden and The Lost Prince (7) |
| GRAVES | Robert -; author of books including the historical novel I, Claudius and the autobiographical classic Goodbye to All That (6) |
