| OHENRY | Short-story writer famous for twist endings |
| MELVILLE | Herman _, 19th-century American novelist and short-story writer famous for his 1851 novel Moby-dick (8) |
| LEO | Writer famous for Anna Karenina, etc. (3,7) |
| TOLSTOY | Writer famous for Anna Karenina, etc. (3,7) |
| JOHNUPDIKE | American writer famous for his "Rabbit" series (4,6) |
| CARR | Writer famous for locked-room mysteries |
| BARRIE | Surname of the writer famous for Peter Pan, etc. (6) |
| JAMES | Writer famous for Ulysses, etc. (5,5) |
| JOYCE | Writer famous for Ulysses, etc. (5,5) |
| WILLIAM | Maidstoneborn writer famous for Table Talk, etc. (7,7) |
| HAZLITT | Maidstoneborn writer famous for Table Talk, etc. (7,7) |
| SEWELL | 19th Century English writer famous for the novel Black Beauty (4,6) |
| ANNA | 19th Century English writer famous for the novel Black Beauty (4,6) |
| MRSBEETON | Victorian English writer famous for her book of household management (3,6) |
| THORNTONWILDER | American writer famous for The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, etc. (8,6) |
| VERNE | Writer famous for Around the World in Eighty Days, etc. (5,5) |
| JULES | Writer famous for Around the World in Eighty Days, etc. (5,5) |
| MILNE | Surname of the writer famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc. (5) |
| UPDIKE | John ---, American writer famous for his Rabbit series, chronicling the life of Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom (6) |
| HANS | Writer famous for his fairy tales, such as The Tinder Box (4,9,8) |
