| GABALDON | Diana, U.S. author noted her Outlander series of novels (8) |
| ROSS | Diana ---, U.S. singer (4) |
| DIANA | "Outlander" series novelist Gabaldon |
| 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) |
| ZANEGREY | U.S. author noted for Riders Of The Purple Sage (4, 4) |
| EDITH | ____ Wharton, U.S. author noted for her novel The House Of Mirth published in 1905 (5) |
| STYRON | William, U.S. author noted for his novel Sophie's Choice (6) |
| HERMANWOUK | U.S. author noted for his novel The Winds Of War (6,4) |
| ERICA | ____ Jong, U.S. writer noted for her 1973 novel Fear Of Flying (5) |
| PATERSON | Bill, Scottish actor who plaued Ned Gowan in historical series Outlander (8) |
| SHRIVER | Lionel ___ , U.S. author noted for her 2005 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (7) |
| LIONEL | ____ Shriver, U.S. author noted for her 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin (6) |
| SPELEERS | Eragon, Downton Abbey and Outlander actor, Ed _ (8) |
| UPTON | ____ Sinclair, U.S. author noted for his 1906 novel The Jungle about the meat industry (5) |
| CAPOTE | Truman, U.S. writer noted for his novella Breakfast At Tiffany's published in 1958 (6) |
| WHITE | Edmund ___, late U.S. writer noted for his semi-autobiographical novel A Boy's Own Story (5) |
| CARSON | ___ McCullers, U.S. writer noted for her 1940 novel The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (6) |
| BRYSON | Bill, British-U.S. writer noted for books on travel and the English language (6) |
| ERNWSTHEMINGWAY | U.S. writer noted for The Old Man And The Sea (6,9) |
