| BELLJAR | The _ _ American writer and poet Sylvia Plath's only novel (4,3) |
| BIGBOPPER | The _ _, American musician who died alongside Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a 1959 plane crash (3,6) |
| POE | Edgar Allan ___ American writer and poet |
| EPHRON | Nora ___, American writer and director whose works include the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally... (6) |
| ANGELOU | Maya ___, American author and poet best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| EMERSON | American writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882) |
| BURNETT | Frances Hodgson ---, British-American author and playwright whose works include The Secret Garden (7) |
| THOREAU | 19th-century American writer and thinker (7) |
| ARIANNA | ___ Huffington, Greek-American author and business woman who created a news aggregation website in 2005 (7) |
| CUSSLER | Clive ___, American author of thrillers featuring the character Dirk Pitt |
| HUBBARD | Lafayette Ronald ___ American author who holds the Guiness record of Most Published works by one author with 1084 books |
| GARDNER | Erle Stanley ___, American author best known for his Perry Mason series |
| GREEN | John ___ American author and YouTuber who wrote the best-selling novel Paper Towns |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer and poet, 1809-1849, considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre (5,5,3) |
| TUROW | Scott ___, American author and practising lawyer whose novels include Presumed Innocent and Personal Injuries |
| ASIMOV | Isaac _, American author and biochemist who wrote the Foundation series (6) |
| KELLER | Helen ___, American author and lecturer who lost her sight and hearing as an infant (6) |
| GEORGEARNOLD | American author and poet whose works include the humorous poem The Jolly Old Pedagogue |
| HERMANMELVILLE | American writer and poet who wrote a very famous book, in which the narrator, Ishmael, marries his friend Queequeg. |
| THEBELLJAR | Only novel by American writer/poet Sylvia Plath (3,4,3) |
