| PEAKE | Mervyn, English writer who created the character Titus Groan (5) |
| MILNE | A.A. ---, English writer who created Winnie-the-Pooh (5) |
| ADAMS | Richard, English author who created the fictional rabbits Fiver and Bigwig (5) |
| CONANDOYLE | Arthur, English writer who created the Napoleonic war hero Brigadier Gerard (5,5) |
| SUETOWNSEND | English writer who created the character Adrian Mole (3,8) |
| EVANS | Mary Ann, English author who published under the pen name George Eliot (5) |
| DAVID | _ Mitchell, English author who wrote the 2004 novel Cloud Atlas (5) |
| PETERS | Ellis, pen name of the English writer who created the Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael (6) |
| CHESTERTON | G.K. ---, English writer who created the fictional priestdetective Father Brown (10) |
| ATKINSON | Kate, English writer who created the private investigator Jackson Brodie (8) |
| GKCHESTERTON | English writer who created the detective Father Brown |
| BATES | H.E. _, 20th-century English author who wrote The Darling Buds Of May (1958) |
| TWAIN | Mark, U.S. writer who created the character Tom Sawyer (5) |
| NGAIO | New Zealand mystery writer who created the character of Roderick Alleyn, _ Marsh (5) |
| CHILD | British thriller writer who created the character of Jack Reacher, Lee _ (5) |
| JAMES | Crime writer who created the character of Adam Dalgliesh, P D _ (5) |
| JOYCE | James ***** , writer who created the character Leopold Bloom (5) |
| NOBBS | David, comedy writer who created the character Reginald Perrin (5) |
| ORCZY | Baroness Emma ---, Hungarian-born British writer who created the Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| PGWODEHOUSE | English author who created the fictional character Psmith (1,1,9) |
