| STEINBECK | John ___, U.S. novelist who wrote The Grapes Of Wrath (9) |
| SEBOLD | Alice ___, U.S. novelist who wrote the novel The Lovely Bones published in 2002 (6) |
| LEVIN | Ira ___, U.S. novelist who wrote The Stepford Wives (5) |
| TOMCLANCY | U.S. novelist who created Jack Ryan (3,6) |
| LOUISAMAYALCOTT | U.S. novelist who wrote Little Women (6,3,6) |
| ISHERWOOD | Christopher, British-U.S. novelist noted for Goodbye To Berlin (9) |
| UPDIKE | John, U.S. novelist who created the character Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom (6) |
| LUDLUM | Robert, U.S. novelist who created the character Jason Bourne (6) |
| MARKTWAIN | U. S. novelist and humorist (4,5) |
| LEWIS | C. S. -; novelist who wrote The Space Trilogy comprising Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength (5) |
| FORESTER | C. S. -; novelist who wrote the Horatio Hornblower saga (8) |
| HANCOCK | John ____, U.S. term for a signature based on a politician who signed the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| ISNER | John ___, U.S. tennis player who won the longest match in Wimbledon history in 2010 (5) |
| KEROUAC | Jack, U.S. novelist and leader of the Beat Movement noted for his book On the Road (7) |
| KERRY | John ___, U.S. Secretary of State |
| ALCOTT | U.S. novelist, abolitionist and feminist, born 1832, who sometimes used the pen name A.M. Barnard (6) |
| ADAMS | John ___ (U. S. President) |
| TYLER | John ___, U.S. president from 1841-45 |
| CAGE | John ___, U.S. composer (4) |
| WRATH | Anger in U.S. novelist, it's said (5) |
