| HELLER | Joseph ___, US author of novels including 1961's Catch-22 (6) |
| CAMPBELL | Joseph _, US writer of the 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces (8) |
| ROALD | Author of children's books including 1961's James And The Giant Peach, _ Dahl (5) |
| UPDIKE | John ___, US author of the novels Toward the End of Time and The Centaur (6) |
| RUNYON | Damon _, US author of stories including The Idyli Of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure (6) |
| CHOPIN | Kate ___, US author of Bayou Folk (6) |
| MAILER | Norman _, US author of the novel The Naked And The Dead (1948) |
| NICOLE | and 16dn, US author of novels Great House and The History of Love (6,6) |
| WALKER | US author of novels including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple (1982) (5,6) |
| BOWLES | Paul -, US author of novels Let It Come Down and The Sheltering Sky (6) |
| CORMAN | Roger, film producer and director of 1961's The Little Shop of Horrors (6) |
| KELLER | Helen _, US author, the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts (6) |
| NOLAND | Kenneth, US Abstract Expressionist artist whose works include 1961's Turnsole (6) |
| VONNEGUT | Kurt ___, US author of novels including Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Timequake (1997) (8) |
| WHITE | E.B. ___, US author of novels including Stuart Little (1945) (5) |
| KESEY | Ken ___, US author of novels including One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) (5) |
| CALDWELL | Erskine ___, US author of novels including Tobacco Road (1932) (8) |
| BLOCH | Robert _, US author of novels including 1959's Psycho (5) |
| PAMELA | Tiffin of 1961's "Summer and Smoke" |
| HIAASEN | Carl ___, US author of novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy (7) |
