| SINCLAIR | Late US author whose novels include The Jungle, Upton_(8) |
| HARRISON | Harry -, US author whose novels include Bill, the Galactic Hero and Make Room! Make Room! (8) |
| VONNEGUT | US author whose novels include Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five |
| MORRISON | Toni _, US writer whose novels include Song of Solomon (8) |
| ALLANPOE | US author whose works include The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher (5,5,3) |
| GINSBERG | Allen _, late US author best known for the 1955 poem Howl (8) |
| MARGARET | And 27 US author whose only novel was 1936's Gone with the Wind (8,8) |
| FAULKNER | William ___ , late US author of 1930's As I Lay Dying (8) |
| PATCHETT | Ann _, US author whose books include Bel Canto and Tom Lake (8) |
| ANNERICE | US author whose debut novel was 1976's Interview with the Vampire (4,4) |
| MELVILLE | US author whose first novel was 1846's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (8) |
| SCHWARTZ | Delmore ___, US writer whose works include 1938 volume In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (8) |
| DONLEAVY | J P ___, author whose novels include The Ginger Man (8) |
| LAWRENCE | Son of a coalminer and a lace-maker, a prolific writer whose novels include The White Peacock, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover (8) |
| PYNCHON | Thomas ___, US author whose novels include The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow (7) |
| STEINBECK | John ---, 20th Century US writer whose novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Grapes Of Wrath (9) |
| COOVER | Robert, US author whose novels include Gerald's Party and Spanking The Maid (6) |
| BLUME | Judy ___, US author whose novels include Wifey and Summer Sisters (5) |
| OATES | Joyce Carol _, US author whose novels include 2000's Blonde (5) |
| UPDIKE | John ___, US writer whose novels include Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest |
