| GERTRUDESTEIN | Which US writer is best remembered for her book The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas? (8,5) |
| LEMONYSNICKET | Pen name under which US author Daniel Handler wrote the 13 A Series of Unfortunate Events novels (1999-2006) |
| ISB | Q. "___ '_.' the missing middle initial for Alice Toklas?" A. "Indeed." |
| POETRY | For which US writer overlooks essay? |
| BETTYFRIEDAN | Writer born in 1921 noted for her book 'The Feminine Mystique' (5,7) |
| GREER | Academic and feminist best known for her book The Female Eunuch, Germaine ... |
| TWAIN | Sergeant Fathom and Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass were earlier pseudonyms of which US author? (4,5) |
| MARK | Sergeant Fathom and Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass were earlier pseudonyms of which US author? (4,5) |
| AYNRAND | Russian-born US writer whose philosophy, 'objectivism', was popularised in her books The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) (3,4) |
| APOCALYPSE | Shortened song penned by a US writer is the last item (10) |
| SALINGER | Modern US writer is more sensible, holding nothing back (8) |
| POE | This macabre US writer is somewhat unpoetic (3) |
| STEIN | Gertrude ?, author of 1933 book The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas (5) |
| LOY | Starting her career at the end of the silent movies , actress Myrna ... is best remembered for her r |
| CLEOPATRA | Last of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she is best remembered for her relationships with Rome |
| FAYWRAY | Which great screamer is best remembered for her role in 1933's King Kong? (3,4) |
| NIGELLALAWSON | Her book Kitchen features "spaghetti with Marmite" |
| ELGAR | Which English composer is best remembered for the first of his five Pomp and Circumstance Marches (1901) |
| CHRISTINA | Ms. Sharpe, 2023 winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction for her book Ordinary Notes |
| SARAH | Ms. Bernstein, 2023 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her book Study for Obedience |
