| STENDHAL | French author (The Charterhouse of Parma) |
| CAMUS | Albert -, twentieth century French author (The Plague) |
| COCTEAU | French writer: the fellow has pull, we hear |
| ECO | Umberto -, Italian author (The Name of the Rose) |
| WYNDHAM | John -, English author (The Day of the Triffids) |
| HELP | Emma Stone drama about race relations as seen through the eyes of an aspiring author, The ___ (4) |
| SODOR | Island setting of the Railway Series books by English author the Rev. W. Awdry (5) |
| EMILIAROMAGNA | Region of Italy which includes cities of Parma and Ferrara |
| CHARTERHOUSE | The - of Parma, novel by Stendhal |
| IRENE | Netherlands princess once married to the Duke of Parma |
| BIRO | For a writer, the point of it all is to get the ball at the point. (4) |
| NEWTESTAMENT | Collection of Christian texts written by various authors, the second division of the Christian biblical canon (3,9) |
| WIEBE | Alta. Mennonite author ("The Blue Mountains of China") |
| SEUSS | Dr -, children's author (The Cat in the Hat) |
| AMBLER | Eric -, English author (The Mask of Dimitrios) |
| SALINGER | JD —, author (The Catcher in the Rye) |
| KEYNES | Author, The General Theory of Employment (6) |
| JIVE | Jack the writer's the talk of Harlem (4) |
| ASCRIBES | Attributes to a writer the start of the scriptures (8) |
| CHESTERTON | English author the Guardian's translated is back on the box (10) |
