| BRIGGS | Raymond, English illustrator and author who created the children's book The Snowman (6) |
| ASTRID | ____ Lindgren, Swedish writer who created the children's book character Pippi Longstocking (6) |
| JEFFKINNEY | Author and cartoonist who created the children's book series Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (4,6) |
| RAYMOND | Late author of the 1978 picture book The Snowman, _ Briggs, (7) |
| RAYMONDBRIGGS | English illustrator and graphic novelist best known for The Snowman (7,6) |
| CRUIKSHANK | George --, 1792-1878, English illustrator and caricaturist (10) |
| ALISON | Author who created the children's character Little Grey Rabbit, _ Uttley (6) |
| LYTTON | 1st Baron -; MP and author who coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword"; a friend of Disraeli and Dickens who wrote The Last Days of Pompeii (6) |
| THOMAS | Acclaimed English poet and author who penned The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure (6, 5) |
| POTTER | Author, illustrator and mycologist who in 1902 self-published her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (6) |
| SEARLE | English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series |
| TIGGER | Fictional character in the children's book The House at Pooh Corner noted for his love of bouncing (6) |
| ATWOOD | Margaret ___, Canadian poet and author who wrote The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| SHEILA | English actress and author who was married to John Thaw, _ Hancock (6) |
| CHATTO | Beth ___, garden designer and author who died in 2018 (6) |
| LAURIE | Hugh, comic actor and author who appeared in 1996 film 101 Dalmatians (6) |
| BAXTER | Glen, illustrator and humorist whose volumes include 1999's Blizzards of Tweed (6) |
| AUBREY | English illustrator -- Beardsley |
| BEARDSLEY | Aubrey ---, 19th Century illustrator and author; a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement (9) |
| PHOEBEWALLERBRIDGE | English actress and writer who created the sitcom Fleabag |
