| STYRON | William ___ , U.S. author noted for his novel Sophie's Choice (6) |
| BLATTY | William Peter, U.S. writer noted for his 1971 novel The Exorcist (6) |
| LIONEL | ____ Shriver, U.S. author noted for her 2003 novel We Need to Talk About Kevin (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) |
| CARSON | ___ McCullers, U.S. writer noted for her 1940 novel The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (6) |
| BRYSON | Bill, British-U.S. writer noted for books on travel and the English language (6) |
| HERMANWOUK | U.S. author noted for his novel The Winds Of War (6,4) |
| BECKER | Jurek *****, Polish-born author noted for his novel "Jacob the Liar" (6) |
| CRONIN | A. J. ___, Scottish author noted for his novel The Citadel (6) |
| WILBUR | ____ Smith, Zambian-born author noted for his novels chronicling the lives of the Courtney family (6) |
| DENNIS | ____ Lehane, author noted for his novels Mystic River and Shutter Island (6) |
| UPTON | ____ Sinclair, U.S. author noted for his 1906 novel The Jungle about the meat industry (5) |
| TREVOR | William, Irish novelist and short story writer noted for his novel Fools of Fortune (6) |
| SHRIVER | Lionel ___ , U.S. author noted for her 2005 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (7) |
| EGGERS | Dave ___, U.S. writer whose novels include The Circle and The Every (6) |
| SMILES | Samuel, Scottish author noted for his 1859 work Self-Help (6) |
| HANFF | Helene ___, U.S. writer noted for her book 84, Charing Cross Road (5) |
| WHITE | Edmund ___, late U.S. writer noted for his semi-autobiographical novel A Boy's Own Story (5) |
| JHABVALA | Ruth Prawer, German-born U.S. author noted for her novel Heat And Dust (8) |
