| CICERO | Marcus Tullius -, Roman consul and writer who is the subject of a trilogy of novels by Robert Harris (6) |
| THOMASCROMWELL | Historical figure who is the central character in a trilogy of novels by Hilary Mantel (6,8) |
| DAHL | Former model and author who is married to Jamie Cullum, Sophie _ (4) |
| LARKRISETOCANDLEFORD | A trilogy of novels by Flora Thompson |
| THEGOODTHEBADANDTHEUGLY | Last of a trilogy of western films in the 1960s, following A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More |
| RESPIGHI | Ottorino -; composer of a trilogy of symphonic poems including Pines of Rome (8) |
| ORESTES | Hero of a trilogy of plays by Euripides (7) |
| AGATHA | ____ Christie, English crime writer who is the best-selling novelist of all time (6) |
| DANIELLESTEEL | American writer who is the world's bestselling living author (8,5) |
| SWORDOF | And 15 Trilogy of novels by Evelyn Waugh including Men at Arms (5,2,6) |
| SWORDOFHONOUR | Trilogy of novels by Evelyn Waugh that includes Officers And Gentlemen (5,2,6) |
| HOPE | Anthony -; author of the Ruritanian trilogy of novels including The Prisoner of Zenda (4) |
| DUST | Form of dark matter that is integral to the plot of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy of novels |
| ITANI | Frances ___ (Belleville, ON born writer who is a Member of the Order of Canada. Her bestsellers incl |
| COETZEE | J.M. ___ Waiting for the Barbarians author who is the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| NAIPAUL | V.S. ___ A House for Mr Biswas author who is the recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| DORIS | ___ Lessing The Golden Notebook author who is the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| THOMPSON | Author of Lark Rise to Candleford, a semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels based on rural life in the Oxfordshire hamlet of Juniper Hill (8) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer who is famous for his work The Pit and the Pendulum: 3 wds. |
| WORDSMITH | Term for a journalist or writer who is a skilled user of language (9) |
