| ASCH | Sholem **** , well-known writer of stories in Yiddish (1880-1957) (4) |
| ESSAYS | Francis Bacon and Ralph Waldo Emerson are well known writers of these short compositions |
| SHOLEMASCH | Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in Yiddish (1880-1957) (6,4) |
| TRY | Poetry without a well-known writer, or an essay (3) |
| ANON | Without known author |
| NOTEPAD | Every year, stuck in well-known writer's block |
| RKNARAYAN | Writer of stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi in southern India |
| DUMAURIER | Name of two well-known writers |
| FAMED | Well-known author in fashion (5) |
| DWELLS | Figure a well-known author lives there (6) |
| LEFANU | Sheridan - -; author of Uncle Silas and the collection of stories In a Glass Darkly that includes Green Tea and The Familiar (2,4) |
| NOTTRUE | Half of stories in Would I Lie to You? are ___ ___ (3,4) |
| EIGHT | Number of stories in the Leaning Tower of Pisa |
| ORPHAN | Lawrence, a well-known author from Maenporth, lacked maturity to begin with -- he'd been badly affected, being a child with no parents (6) |
| ARTHUR | Forename of the author of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| SKYSCRAPER | One with lots of stories in America? (10) |
| DRSEUSS | Pen name of the author of stories about a cat in a hat, green eggs and ham and Sam-I-Am (2,5) |
| BRAZIL | Nutty writer of stories for girls (6) |
| AESOP | Writer of stories to adopt a different pose (5) |
| CHANDLER | Writer of stories about boxer's trainer? |
