| MARQUIS | Don ___, American humorist, journalist and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel" |
| RICE | US author best known for creating the character of Tarzan, Edgar _ Burroughs (4) |
| PERELMAN | S J ___, American humorist whose Broadway plays include The Beauty Part (8) |
| NYE | Simon ___, writer best known for creating the sitcom Men Behaving Badly |
| GARETH | Choirmaster best known for creating the Military Wives choir (6, 6) |
| MALONE | Choirmaster best known for creating the Military Wives choir (6, 6) |
| RANKIN | Although known for creating the sleuth Rebus, who also contributed to the collection Murder on Christmas Eve: Classic Mysteries for the Festive Season (2017) |
| SIMENON | Georges ___, Belgian writer best known for creating the detective Maigret |
| ERLESTANLEYGARDNER | American lawyer and author best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories (4,7,7) |
| ERLESTANLEY | And 29 American lawyer and author best known for his Perry Mason stories (4,7,7) |
| CHARTERIS | Leslie - - -, author best known for creating Simon Templar, aka 'The Saint' (9) |
| HERGE | Pen name of Belgian cartoonist Georges Prosper Remi, known for creating The Adventures of Tintin (5) |
| RIEU | Dutch musician known for creating the Johann Strauss Orchestra, Andre ---- (4) |
| DEBEAUVOIR | Major French existentialist philosopher and author best known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, |
| GARDNER | Erle Stanley ---, American lawyer and author best known for his Perry Mason series (7) |
| PRIMOLEVI | Jewish-Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author best known for the work If This Is A Man (5,4) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac ___, American professor of biochemistry and author best known for Foundation Series of science fiction |
| PRIMO | --- Levi, Jewish-Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author best known for the work If This Is A Man (5) |
| ADAMSON | George _, British conservationist and author, best known through the book and film Born Free (7) |
| BRIGGS | Raymond _, English illustrator and author, best known for his 1978 story The Snowman (6) |
