| YSTAD | Swedish town where the Wallander novels are set (5) |
| HENNING | Swedish novelist who penned the Wallander detective books (7, 7) |
| MANKELL | Swedish novelist who penned the Wallander detective books (7, 7) |
| ILIUM | Fictional town where many Vonnegut novels are set |
| CAIRO | City where many of Naguib Mahfouz's novels are set |
| WIEBE | His novels are set on the Prairies and among Mennonites |
| MAINE | Where many Stephen King novels are set |
| KNAVE | Jack Kerouac's novels are very entertaining at first (5) |
| OFONE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| ORDER | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| MONEY | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| QUEEN | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| SCALE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| ROYAL | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| SHORE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| QUAID | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| NURSE | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| TIGER | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| ISASA | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
| UPSET | See 1Dn, Noir author whose novels are often set in Florida or Detroit (6,7) |
