| PIERRELOTI | Pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, an author of exotic novels based on his life as a naval officer |
| TIMEANDMUSIC | In 5.5, King Richard is alone and reflects on his life as a king. What is the main theme of his thoughts, and what breaks up his reflections? |
| LOTI | Louis Marie Julien Viaud |
| OMOO | Exotic novel of 1848 |
| FEVERPITCH | Memoir of his life as a football fan by British author Nick Hornby published in 1992 (5,5) |
| WIGHT | Real surname of James Herriot, whose memoirs describing his life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales form the basis of the films and serials titled All Creatures Great and Small (5) |
| ALLQUIETON | Erich Remarque's war novel based on his experiences in the German army, ... The Western Front (3,5,2 |
| NAKED | The ___ and the Dead: Norman Mailer novel based on his World War II service in the Philippines (5) |
| THOMPSON | Author of Lark Rise to Candleford, a semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels based on rural life in the Oxfordshire hamlet of Juniper Hill (8) |
| SHAW | Author of a number of novels based on rural life including The New Rector, The Village Show and Country Lovers (4) |
| BURROUGHS | Author of a series of novels based on the adventures of Viscount Greystoke, aka Tarzan (9) |
| LEE | Author of an autobiographical trilogy based on his life in the village Slad including Cider With Rosie and As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (3) |
| JAMES | P. D. -; author of a series of novels based on the poetdetective Adam Dalgleish (5) |
| PETERS | Pen name of the author of novels based on the monk-and-herbalist-turned-sleuth she called Cadfael (6) |
| STORM | A tempest accompanied by a gale of force 10, according to the grading of wind speeds devised by Sir Francis Beaufort during his time as a naval hydrographer (5) |
| IAN | Forename of an author of 17 novels, including one, on the theme of atonement, that was adapted into a movie starring Keira Knightley (3) |
| BENNETT | Actor, author and playwright who wrote the screenplay to the film based on his life The Lady in the Van (7) |
| FANTASIST | A daydreamer, rainbow-chaser or wool-gatherer; or, a word for an author of stories based on imaginary worlds, magic, mythical beings etc (9) |
| MEADE | Honey-wine-like name of an author of children's stories including A World of Girls and Wild Kitty (5) |
| KINGSLEY | He portrayed Mahatma Gandhi in the 1982 movie based on his life (last name only) |
