| EDNAOBRIEN | Irish author whose debut novel was The Country Girls |
| EDNA | ___ O'Brien, Irish author whose debut novel The Country Girls was published in 1960 (4) |
| LENDEIGHTON | This author's debut novel was The IPCRESS File |
| OBRIEN | Edna - - -, Irish writer whose first novel was The Country Girls (6) |
| ANNERICE | US author whose debut novel was 1976's Interview with the Vampire (4,4) |
| ZADIE | British author whose debut novel was White Teeth (2000) |
| SMITH | British author whose debut novel was White Teeth (2000) |
| SLAUGHTER | Karin _, US crime writer whose debut novel was 2001's Blindsighted (9) |
| AUSTEN | Author whose debut novel describes the fictional relocation of the Dashwood women from the large Norland Park estate in Sussex to the humble Barton Cottage in Devon (6) |
| TOMCLANCY | US author (1947-2013) whose debut novel was 1984's The Hunt For Red October (3,6) |
| DOUGLASSTUART | Scottish-American author whose debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize (7,6) |
| OSHO | Comedian whose debut novel was Asking For A Friend, Andi _ (4) |
| MORRELL | David, author whose debut novel First Blood introduced Vietnam War veteran Rambo (7) |
| MARTINA | ____ Cole, British crime writer whose debut novel Dangerous Lady was published in 1992 (7) |
| LEECHILD | Pen name of thriller writer whose debut novel Killing Floor was published in 1997 (3,5) |
| MARGARETDRABBLE | Author whose 1963 debut novel was A Summer Bird-Cage |
| SALINGER | Author whose only published novel was "The Catcher in the Rye" (8) |
| OFLAHERTY | Irish author whose novel The Informer was adapted into a film by John Ford (1'8) |
| MAEVEBINCHY | Irish author whose final novel, A Week in Winter, was published in 2012 |
| JOYCE | James _, Irish author whose works included the novel Finnegans Wake (1939) |
