| GIBBONS | Stella _, 20th-century English writer whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (1932) |
| STELLAGIBBONS | English writer whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (1932) |
| MAUGHAM | English writer whose first novel was Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897 (7) |
| BATES | H.E. ---, 20th Century English author whose best-known works include The Darling Buds Of May (5) |
| ANGELACARTER | 20th Century English writer known for her feminist and magical realist works (6,6) |
| ANNEBRONTE | 19th-century English author whose two novels were originally published under the pseudonym Acton Bell (4,6) |
| CLIFF | Clarice ___, 20th-century English ceramic artist famous for her Art Deco-inspired designs (5) |
| FONTEYN | Dame Margot _, 20th-century English classical ballerina (7) |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, English author whose first novel was The Black Moth (5) |
| CHINUAACHEBE | Nigerian writer whose first novel was Things Fall Apart (1958) |
| 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) |
| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | U.S. writer whose first novel The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926 (6,9) |
| VONNEGUT | Kurt, U.S. writer whose first novel Player Piano was published in 1952 (8) |
| AMYTAN | Writer whose first novel was adapted as a film by Wayne Wang |
| MARSH | New Zealand crime writer whose first novel was 1934's A Man Lay Dead, Ngaio _ (5) |
| DONDELILLO | US writer whose first novel was Americana in 1971 (3,7) |
| ATWOOD | Writer whose first novel was "The Edible Woman" (1969) |
| 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 |
