| WHITE | E.B. ___, US author of novels including Stuart Little (1945) (5) |
| KITAJ | R B ___, US painter whose works include 1967's Juan de La Cruz (5) |
| KESEY | Ken ___, US author of novels including One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) (5) |
| BLOCH | Robert _, US author of novels including 1959's Psycho (5) |
| VIDAL | Gore ___, US author of novels Julian and Creation (5) |
| ALICE | US author of novels including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple (1982) (5,6) |
| TUROW | Scott ___, US author of legal novels (5) |
| MOUSE | Type of rodent portrayed in E. B. White's Stuart Little or mentioned in A Visit from St Nicholas (5) |
| TWAIN | Mark ___, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper (5) |
| WOLFF | Tobias ___, US author of 1989 memoir This Boy's Life (5) |
| OATES | Joyce Carol ___, US author of them (1969 and The Falls (2004) (5) |
| ALGER | Horatio ___, US author of rags-to-riches stories (5) |
| BLUME | Judy ?, US author of novels Wifey, Blubber and Deenie (5) |
| GEENA | First name of 2000 Stuart Little actress Ms Davis (5) |
| DAVIS | "Stuart Little" actress |
| HELLER | Joseph ___, US author of novels including 1961's Catch-22 (6) |
| VONNEGUT | Kurt ___, US author of novels including Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Timequake (1997) (8) |
| CALDWELL | Erskine ___, US author of novels including Tobacco Road (1932) (8) |
| HIAASEN | Carl ___, US author of novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy (7) |
| TOMWOLFE | US author of novels including The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) (3,5) |
