| TOLKIEN | J. R. R. -; author of a series of novels set in Middle-earth (7) |
| AGASAGAS | Examples of a literary genre of novels set in middle-class village life (3-5) |
| JAMES | M R -, author of 1904 collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
| BENNETT | Arnold -; author of novels set in the Staffordshire Potteries including Anna of the Five Towns and the Clayhanger series (7) |
| FRANCIS | Dick ___, author of novels set in the world of horse racing (7) |
| DEXTER | Author of a series of novels set in Oxford featuring a detective inspector including Last Seen Weari |
| TROPICS | Revolutionary nature film's set in Middle-earth |
| ANGELOU | Author of a series of seven autobiographies including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, The Heart of a Woman and Mom & Me & Mom (7) |
| DICKENS | Author of a series of Christmas novels including The Battle of Life, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth (7) |
| LATIMER | Jonathan --, author of a series of novels featuring private eye William Crane (7) |
| RANSOME | Author of a series of adventure novels about characters including the Amazons, the Coots, the Hullabaloos and the Swallows (7) |
| WYCLIFFE | Detective in a series of novels set in the author W. J. Burley's native Cornwall and surrounding areas (8) |
| RENAULT | Mary, pen name of a writer noted for her historical novels set in Greece (7) |
| SNICKET | Lemony ___, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events (7) |
| BLYTON | Author of Malory Towers and a series of novels set in and around Kirrin Cottage/ Island and the South West coast (6) |
| BENSON | E. F. -; author of the Mapp and Lucia series of novels set in the fictional seaside town of Tilling (6) |
| MONARCH | The - of the Glen; one of Compton Mackenzie's novels set in and around the fictional Scottish castle Glenbogle (7) |
| WALPOLE | Author of the Herries Chronicles novels set in the Lake District comprising Rogue Herries, Judith Paris, The Fortress and Vanessa (7) |
| GRAHAM | Author who wrote the Poldark series of novels set in Cornwall (6) |
| AGENCY | The No. 1 Ladies Detective ___; series of novels set in Botswana by emeritus professor Alexander McCall Smith (6) |
