| AYN | Ms. Rand, writer-of-books |
| NOVELIST | Writer of books |
| AUTHOR | Writer of books. (6) |
| AUTHORSHIP | Career as a writer of books |
| AYNS | Writer Ms. Rand's |
| NINETTEDUTTON | Which Australian writer of books on enamel art, cookery, gardening and fiction wrote the 2000 Home: |
| NICK | First name of writer of book 'About a Boy' , --. Hornby' (4) |
| BALLPOINT | Writer of book everyone aims to follow |
| AAN | Ms Rand who wrote "The Fountainhead" |
| AUTHORS | Writers of books |
| ELIOT | Pen name of Mary Ann Evans, author of books including The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch and Scenes of Clerical Life collection of three stories (5) |
| BERYLBAINBRIDGE | Writer of book on Queen has ably represented popular link (5,10) |
| PARODISTS | Writers of books like Don Quixote, Shamela and Cold Comfort Farm |
| DAWKINS | Biologist, fellow of the Royal Society and author of books including The Blind Watchmaker, Unweaving the Rainbow and The Magic of Reality (7) |
| WEST | Pen name of the author of books including The Return of the Soldier, The Fountain Overflows, Sunflower and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (4) |
| BRYSON | Bill ?, author of books A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods (6) |
| MACAULAY | Dame Rose ___; author of books including Potterism, Keeping Up Appearances and The Towers of Trebizond (8) |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace -; author of books including Vanity Fair, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond and The Fitz-Boodle Papers (9) |
| STRONG | Former director of the V&A and also the National Portrait Gallery, author of books including The Artist and the Garden, A Country Life and The Elizabethan Image (6) |
| PECK | Author of books including A Patchwork Tale, The Skirts of Time, A Garden Enclosed, House-Bound and Home for the Holidays (4) |
