| MCEWAN | Ian ___, British novelist whose books include Enduring Love and Atonement (3,6) |
| IAN | Ian ___, British novelist whose books include Enduring Love and Atonement (3,6) |
| FLEMING | Ian _, British author and journalist who created the character James Bond (7) |
| IANMCEWAN | Author of novels Enduring Love and The Cement Garden |
| CATHERINE | _ Cookson, British novelist whose works include The Cinder Path (9) |
| ZOEHELLER | British novelist whose Notes on a Scandal was filmed with Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench (3,6) |
| PENITENCE | Remorse and atonement (9) |
| LEHMANN | Bloomsbury novelist whose books include Dusty Answer, Invitation to the Waltz and The Echoing Grove (7) |
| RODDYDOYLE | Irish novelist whose books include The Commitments and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (5,5) |
| LEONURIS | American novelist whose books include Exodus and Trinity |
| ALISTAIRMACLEAN | Scottish novelist whose books include The Guns of Navarone and Where Eagles Dare (8,7) |
| MACLEAN | Scottish novelist whose books include The Guns of Navarone and ice Station Zebra (8,7) |
| ALISTAIR | Scottish novelist whose books include The Guns of Navarone and ice Station Zebra (8,7) |
| MOYES | Novelist whose books include The Peacock Emporium, The Horse Dancer, Me Before You and The One Plus One (5) |
| FAULKS | Sebastian -; journalist-turned novelist whose books include Birdsong, On Green Dolphin and Where My Heart Used to Beat (6) |
| TONIMORRISON | This novelist, whose books include "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved," won the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature (2 wds.) |
| WELSH | Irvine _, Scottish novelist whose books include Trainspotting (1993) |
| TROLLOPE | Joanna ___, English novelist whose books include The Rector's Wife |
| ERIC | Novelist whose books include Epitaph For A Spy (4,6) |
| AMBLER | Novelist whose books include Epitaph For A Spy (4,6) |
