| CORNWELL | Patricia ___, author whose 6s include Scarpetta (8) |
| WENTWORTH | Patricia ___, author of 1949 novel The Catherine Wheel and others featuring Miss Maud Silver (9) |
| HIGHSMITH | Patricia ___, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game (9) |
| MCDERMID | Val ___, author whose 6s include The Torment of Others (8) |
| HARRIS | Thomas ___, author whose 6s include The Silence of the Lambs (6) |
| RENDELL | Ruth ___, author whose 6s include No Man's Nightingale (7) |
| RANKIN | Ian ___, author whose 6s include Even Dogs in the Wild (6) |
| KING | Stephen ___, author whose 6s include Carrie (4) |
| COLE | Martina ___, author whose 6s include The Runaway (4) |
| CHILD | Lee ___, author whose 6s include Night School (5) |
| INNES | Hammond ___, author whose 6s include The Cruel Sea (5) |
| BRADBURY | Ray ___, author whose volumes of short stories include The Illustrated Man (8) |
| DONLEAVY | J P ___, author whose novels include The Ginger Man (8) |
| EVIDENCE | Body of -; the second novel in author Patricia Cornwell's Dr Kay Scarpetta series (8) |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha ___; author whose works include Hercule Poirot's Christmas, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and the play The Mousetrap (8) |
| PATRICIA | ____ Cornwell, U.S. crime writer who created medical examiner Kay Scarpetta (8) |
| DEIGHTON | Len _, writer whose novels include Funeral in Berlin and Billion-dollar Brain (8) |
| HOSSEINI | Khaled ___ (author whose foundation provides humanitarian aid in Afghanistan) |
| WODEHOUSE | P G ___, author whose creations include Bertie Wooster and Jeeves (9) |
| OFLAHERTY | Liam ___, author whose novels include Famine and The Informer (9) |
