| CHEEVER | John, American author of The Wapshot Chronicle (7) |
| UPDIKE | John ---, American writer famous for his Rabbit series, chronicling the life of Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom (6) |
| WHARTON | American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) |
| JACKSON | Shirley ---, American author of the 1959 novel The Haunting Of Hill House (7) |
| HANCOCK | John --, American statesman, first signatory of the Declaration of Independence (7) |
| KEROUAC | Jack ---, American writer of the Beat generation, whose novels include On The Road (7) |
| MCENROE | John ---, American tennis player who won the Wimbledon singles title three times in the 1980s (7) |
| LITHGOW | John ---, American actor who played Winston Churchill in Netflix series The Crown (7) |
| GRISHAM | John American crime novelist |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer of the macabre, the fantastic and the grotesque, including The Fall Of The House Of |
| CUSSLER | Clive ___, American author of thrillers featuring the character Dirk Pitt |
| BELLAMY | Edward, American author of 1888 romance Looking Backward (7) |
| MCCOURT | Frank _, Irish-American author of Angela's Ashes (7) |
| EDITH | American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) |
| EDITHWHARTON | American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) |
| ERLE | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |
| EBWHITE | American author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little |
| LOVECRAFT | HP, American author of the novella At the Mountains of Madness (9) |
| NORMANMAILER | American author of the novel The Naked And The Dead (6,6) |
| MAUPIN | Armistead ---, American author of the novel series Tales Of The City (6) |
