| MELVILLE | Herman ___, US writer (8) |
| SCHWARTZ | Delmore ___, US writer whose works include 1938 volume In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (8) |
| MORRISON | Toni _, US writer whose novels include Song of Solomon (8) |
| SINCLAIR | Upton ___, US author of 1906 novel The Jungle (8) |
| MITCHELL | Margaret ___, US author of Gone with the Wind (8) |
| SALINGER | JD ___, US author (8) |
| 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) |
| PATCHETT | Ann _, US author whose books include Bel Canto and Tom Lake (8) |
| TWAIN | Mark ___, US writer (5) |
| ALCOTT | Louisa M ___, US writer (6) |
| THOREAU | Henry David ___ (US writer in the 1800s) (7) |
| STEIN | Gertrude ___, US writer whose works include 1933's The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas (5) |
| UPDIKE | John ___, US writer whose novels include Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest |
| SONTAG | Susan _, US writer and political activist whose essay collections include 1977's On Photography (6) |
| ANGELOU | Maya ___ , US writer, poet and civil rights activist, d. 2014 (7) |
| CAPOTE | Truman _, US writer and actor; author of 1958 novella Breakfast At Tiffany's (6) |
| CAIN | Former presidential candidate Herman ___ |
| HESSE | Literature Nobelist of 1946 Herman ___ |
| WOUK | Herman ___ author of the historical fiction The Caine Mutiny |
