| WALLACE | Edgar _; English novelist, playwright and journalist (7) |
| PRIESTLEY | J. B. -, English novelist, playwright |
| FLECKER | Novelist, playwright and poet whose works include The Golden Journey to Samarkand, The Old Ships and Hassan (7) |
| AYNRAND | Russian-born American novelist, playwright and screenwriter born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum |
| MARRYAT | Frederick 'Captain' _, English novelist and naval officer whose works include Peter Simple (1834) and Mr Midshipman Eash (1834) (7) |
| GASKELL | Elizabeth ___, English novelist (7) |
| DRABBLE | Margaret ___, English novelist (7) |
| FORSTER | EM ___, English novelist (7) |
| FORSYTH | Frederick ___, English novelist of political thrillers including The Day of the Jackal (1971) |
| ARMITAGE | Simon _; British novelist, playwright and current poet Laureate (8) |
| DURAS | Marguerite _ _, French novelist, playwright and film-maker (5) |
| HILL | Novelist, playwright and children's author whose ghost story The Woman in Black was adapted into a film of the same name with Daniel Radcliffe (4) |
| TREVOR | William ___, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer who died in November 2016 |
| SONTAG | Essayist/novelist/playwright Susan |
| GALSWORTHY | John _, English novelist and playwright who wrote The Forsyte Saga and its sequels (10) |
| SNOW | CP _, English novelist and chemist best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers And Brothers (4) |
| AUSTEN | Jane _, English novelist whose works included Pride And Prejudice (1813) |
| READE | Charles ___, English novelist best known for The Cloister and the Hearth |
| HARDY | Thomas _; English novelist and poet (5) |
| GREENE | Graham _, English novelist and dramatist who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) |
