| ANNASEWELL | English novelist best known for Black Beauty |
| SEWELL | Anna, writer best known for Black Beauty (6) |
| ANTHONYHOPE | English novelist best known for The Prisoner of Zenda (7,4) |
| READE | Charles ___, English novelist best known for The Cloister and the Hearth |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace ___, English novelist best known for Vanity Fair |
| NIGEL | English novelist best known for The Small Back Room (5,7) (see 27D) |
| BALCHIN | English novelist best known for The Small Back Room (5,7) (see 8D) |
| ALANGARNER | English novelist best known for his children's fantasy novels such as The Owl Service and Red Shift |
| GRAHAM | English novelist best known for the Poldark series, published from 1945 to 2002 (7,6) |
| WINSTON | English novelist best known for the Poldark series, published from 1945 to 2002 (7,6) |
| AINSWORTH | William Harrison ___, English historical novelist best known for Rookwood, which features Dick Turpin as its leading character |
| WALTERDELAMARE | English poet, short story writer and novelist best known for his poem The Listeners |
| RAYMONDBRIGGS | English illustrator and graphic novelist best known for The Snowman (7,6) |
| BRAM | Irish novelist best known for his 1897 novel Dracula (4,6) |
| STOKER | Irish novelist best known for his 1897 novel Dracula (4,6) |
| WILLIAMSON | Henry - - -, British novelist best known for Tarka The Otter (10) |
| HEYER | Novelist best known for her historical romances, Georgette ... |
| HUGHWALPOLE | New Zealand-born British novelist best known for The Herries Chronicle |
| ALCOTT | Louisa May ___, US novelist best known for Little Women |
| THOMASPYNCHON | American novelist best known for Gravity's Rainbow (6,7) |
