| BARBARACARTLAND | Prolific author of romantic fiction (7,8) |
| CARTLAND | Barbara _; prolific author of romantic fiction (8) |
| WILLOUGHBY | Barrett --, American author of romantic fiction (1901-59) (10) |
| TESS | ___ Gerritsen, author of romantic thrillers |
| EARLIEST | First hint of romantic fiction in orient (8) |
| RURITANIA | Hope land is full of romantic fiction (9) |
| BOON | Mills & ___, publishers of romantic fiction (4) |
| STINE | Most prolific author of children's horror fiction, per Guinness |
| ASIMOV | Isaac __, prolific author of science fiction including I, Robot (6) |
| HGWELLS | Prolific author of classic novels including The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau (1,1,5) |
| ELMORELEONARD | Prolific author of Get Shorty and Rum Punch (6,7) |
| AMOUR | Louis L'___ (prolific author of westerns) |
| UNSTEAD | R.J. --, British historian and prolific author of history books for young readers (7) |
| SEUSS | Prolific writer of children's books, Dr. ___ |
| CHRISTINA | 19th-century English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poems, _ Rossetti (9) |
| ALAN | Anti-apartheid prolific writer of political and race-themed essays, such as Save the Beloved Land, ___ (4) |
| ELLIS | Hamilton, prolific writer of railway books and painter in the National Railway Museum (5) |
| PATHETICFALLACY | Pitiful female colleague absorbs current feature of Romantic poetry (8,7) |
| COOKSON | Surname of the prolific historical, romantic fiction author who also wrote as Catherine Marchant (7) |
| NICOLA | ___ Cornick, author of Regency romantic fiction (6) |
