| MORAG | Heroine of Canadian author Margaret Laurence's classic novel The Diviners, ___ Gunn |
| EMILIE | Heroine of Canadian writer Arlette Cousture's books |
| HOPEVALLEY | Quaint setting of "When Calls the Heart", the 2014-debuting Hallmark drama inspired by the books of Canadian author Janette Oke who was born in the village of Champion in southern Alberta: 2 wds. |
| HANDMAIDS | Drama series (based on Canadian author Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel) in which the women wear scarlet frocks, "The ___ Tale" |
| NEEPAWA | Hometown of Margaret Laurence ("The Diviners") |
| STONEANGEL | Margaret Laurence's famous 1964 novel set in Manitoba,with The: 2 wds. |
| ATWOOD | Canadian author Margaret |
| SHORTSTORY | Specialty of Canadian author Alice Munro: 2 wds. |
| DIVINERS | 1974 Governor General's Award for Fiction winner, The ___ (Classic novel by Canadian writer Margaret Laurence) |
| ERIK | The Phantom's name in Gaston Leroux's classic novel The Phantom of the Opera |
| BURNETT | Author of A Little Princess and The Lost Prince whose classic novel The Secret Garden was adapted into a forthcoming film with Colin Firth and Julie Walters (7) |
| NATHANIEL | - - - Hawthorne, author of classic novel The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| CATCHER | JD Salinger's classic novel, The ... In The Rye |
| CONVERSATIONS | Most of them are "monologues delivered in the presence of a witness," per the mystery author Margaret Millar |
| ASSASSIN | The Blind ___; A 2000 novel by The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood (8) |
| IRMAVOTH | Mennonite title lady of Canadian writer Miriam Toews' 2011 novel: 2 wds. |
| MAUD | The 'M.' of Canadian writer L.M. Montgomery's name |
| RYE | Classic novel, The Catcherin the ... (3) |
| GREAT | Leonardo Dicaprio drama based on a classic novel, The ___ Gatsby (5) |
| LETTER | Demi Moore and Gary Oldman film based on a classic novel, The Scarlet ___ |
