| BANKS | Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (1984) |
| IAIN | Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (1984) |
| IAINBANKS | Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, English author whose first novel was The Black Moth (5) |
| MARTINAMIS | Author whose first novel was The Rachel Papers (64) |
| CLANCY | American author whose first novel was The Hunt for Red October |
| OBRIEN | Edna - - -, Irish writer whose first novel was The Country Girls (6) |
| EDNA | _ O'brien, Irish writer whose first novel was The Country Girls (1960) |
| ATWOOD | Writer whose first novel was "The Edible Woman" (1969) |
| MURIELSPARK | Scottish author whose final novel was The Finishing School (2004) |
| RHONA | Scottish comedienne whose first novel was The Naked Drinking Club, _ Cameron (5) |
| KATE | and 40ac, English author whose first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year |
| ATKINSON | see 42ac, English author whose first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, won the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year |
| MCEWAN | Ian ____'s first novel was The Cement Garden |
| JACKIECOLLINS | ____'s first novel was The World is Full of Married Men |
| DONNATARTT | ____'s first novel was The Secret History (1992) (5,5) |
| AUSTEN | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline "By a Lady" |
| SALINGER | Author whose only published novel was "The Catcher in the Rye" (8) |
| GIBBONS | Stella ___, English author whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (7) |
| CARTLAND | Dame Barbara ___, prolific author whose first novel, Jigsaw, was published in 1923 |