| EUGENIDES | Jeffrey _, US author who wrote the 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides (9) |
| WELSH | Irvine _, Scots author who wrote the 1993 novel Trainspotting (5) |
| TAMBOR | Jeffrey ___, US actor who played Tom Manning in 2004 action film Hellboy (6) |
| EVANS | Richard Paul ___; author of the 1993 novel The Christmas Box (5) |
| ASHE | Athlete who wrote the 1993 memoir "Days of Grace" |
| SUICIDES | Eugenides novel "The Virgin ___" |
| ASBYATT | Author of the novels The Virgin in the Garden and Still Life (1,1,5) |
| PATTERSON | James _, US author who created the character of detective Alex Cross (9) |
| NATHANIEL | _ Hawthorne, US author who wrote The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| BORROUGHS | US author who wrote the 2002 memoir Running With Scissors, Augusten _ (9) |
| MARKTWAIN | US author who wrote Roughing It (1872) |
| FRANKMUIR | Author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad |
| ELLIS | Bret Easton _, US author who wrote the 1991 novel American Psycho (5) |
| MELVILLE | Herman _, US author who wrote the 1851 novel Moby-Dick (8) |
| HEMINGWAY | US writer who travelled frequently to Spain and was a fan of bullfighting which featured in his novel "Death in the Afternoon" (9) |
| STEINBECK | US writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 (9) |
| TWAIN | Mark _, US author who wrote A Letter From Santa Claus in 1875 (5) |
| AIR | Band who created the soundtrack for "The Virgin Suicides" |
| LEVIN | Ira ***** , US author who wrote the 1972 novel 'The Stepford Wives' (5) |
| COPPOLA | Sofia, director of the films The Virgin Suicides and Lost in Translation (7) |
