| ZUSAK | Markus ___, Australian author (5) |
| GREER | Germaine ___, Australian author (5) |
| BRIER | Markus ___, golfer who won the 2007 China Open (5) |
| MCCULLOUGH | Colleen ___, Australian author of novels including The Thorn Birds (1977) |
| HENRIKSON | Markus ___, Norway midfielder signed by Hull from AZ (9) |
| PETER | - Carey, Australian author (5) |
| BANJO | Name used by Australian author Andrew Barton Paterson (5) |
| LETTE | Best-selling Australian author, Kathy _ (5) |
| LIANE | Australian author, ___ Moriarty (5) |
| THIEF | The Book -; Markus Zusak novel (5) |
| HENRY | Australian author of 1896 collection While the Billy Boils (5,6) |
| STEAD | Christina -, Australian author whose novels include The Man Who Loved Children (5) |
| HARDY | Very durable Australian author |
| MILES | ___ Franklin, Australian writer of My Brilliant Career (5) |
| GUEST | Which Australian writer won the 2010 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book with her novel |
| ROACH | Aboriginal Australian writer of Took The Children Away, the song which gave voice to the sorrow of t |
| WATEN | Born in Russia and growing up in rural WA, whose account of a visit to the Soviet Union was From Odessa to Odessa: The Journey of an Australian Writer (1969) |
| CLIVEJAMES | Australian author, broadcaster and chat show host, 1939-2019, who spent most of his life in Britain (5,5) |
| PETERCAREY | Australian author of novels including the Booker Prize-winning Oscar and Lucinda (1988) (5,5) |
| MILESFRANKLIN | Australian author of My Brilliant Career (Picture C) (5,8) |
