| ERNWSTHEMINGWAY | U.S. writer noted for The Old Man And The Sea (6,9) |
| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | U.S. writer noted for The Old Man And The Sea (6,9) |
| BRYSON | Bill, British-U.S. writer noted for books on travel and the English language (6) |
| BLATTY | William Peter, U.S. writer noted for his 1971 novel The Exorcist (6) |
| CAPOTE | Truman, U.S. writer noted for his novella Breakfast At Tiffany's published in 1958 (6) |
| CORMAC | ____ McCarthy, U.S. writer noted for his epic novel Blood Meridian (6) |
| ERICA | ____ Jong, U.S. writer noted for her 1973 novel Fear Of Flying (5) |
| UPTON | ____ Sinclair, U.S. author noted for his 1906 novel The Jungle about the meat industry (5) |
| HUCKLEBERRYFINN | Character created by U.S. writer Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (11,4) |
| WILLIAMFAULKNER | U.S. writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 (7,8) |
| ZANEGREY | U.S. author noted for Riders Of The Purple Sage (4, 4) |
| JHABVALA | Ruth Prawer, German-born U.S. author noted for her novel Heat And Dust (8) |
| STYRON | William, U.S. author noted for his novel Sophie's Choice (6) |
| EDITH | ____ Wharton, U.S. author noted for her novel The House Of Mirth published in 1905 (5) |
| HERMANWOUK | U.S. author noted for his novel The Winds Of War (6,4) |
| LYMANFRANKBROWN | U.S. writer of children's books |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | U.S. writer possibly led this team round lake with poor actor (8,7) |
| SHRIVER | Lionel ___ , U.S. author noted for her 2005 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (7) |
| GABALDON | Diana, U.S. author noted for her Outlander series of novels (8) |
| LIONEL | ____ Shriver, U.S. author noted for her 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin (6) |
