| GALBRAITH | Pen name of the author of the Cormoran Strike series of novels (9) |
| SILKWORM | The -; second novel in the Cormoran Strike series (8) |
| INK | The - Black Heart sixth novel in JK Rowling's Cormoran Strike series, adapted for television in 2024 (3) |
| ROWLING | Author who wrote the Cormoran Strike trilogy comprising The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil under the pen name of Robert Galbraith (7) |
| MANSFIELD | Pen name of the author of short stories including How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped, The Garden Party, A Cup of Tea and The Doll's House (9) |
| STRIKE | Cormoran -; character in a book series of the same name that begins with The Cuckoo's Calling (6) |
| GRENVILLE | Middle name of the author P. G. Wodehouse |
| ARCHIBALD | First name of the author A. J. Cronin |
| ERICBLAIR | Real name of the author George Orwell |
| BEATON | M. C. -; pen name of the author of the Hamish Macbeth series of novels such as Death of a Gossip, De |
| TWAIN | Mark ___; pen name of the author of novels including The Prince and the Pauper and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (5) |
| 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) |
| WYNDHAM | John -; pen name of the author of The Day of the Triffids (7) |
| MISSREAD | Pen name of the author of the Fairacre novels such as Village School, Miss Clare Remembers, Over the |
| CHILD | Pen name of the author who wrote the Jack Reacher series of novels including Killing Floor, Tripwire, One Shot, A Wanted Man and Night School (5) |
| CARROLL | Lewis -; pen name of the author whose Through the Looking-Glass includes the verses Jabberwocky and The Walrus and the Carpenter (7) |
| IRIS | First name of the author of The Sandcastle, An Unofficial Rose, The Unicorn and The Sea, the Sea (4) |
| TEY | Pen name of the author who wrote the Inspector Alan Grant novels including A Shilling for Candles and The Daughter of Time (3) |
| LECARRE | John - -; pen name of the author of the George Smiley novels and the posthumously published Silverview (2,5) |
| SUSAN | First name of the author of The Dark Is Rising novels and the picture book The Shortest Day (5) |
