| DANIELLE | Writer ... Steele has written over 50 best-selling novels |
| NORA | Roberts who has written over 200 novels |
| LECARRE | 86-year-old author of a number of best-selling novels over the past 56 years, most recently A Legacy of Spies (2,5) |
| URIS | Leon _, former World War II marine who wrote a series of best-selling novels from the 1950s to 1980s (4) |
| PLAINSONG | A best-selling novel by the US writer Kurt Haruf (9) |
| ANNESOPHIEPIC | Michelin-starred French chef named the Best Female Chef by The World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2011 |
| COCKADOODLEDOO | Rubbish article, carelessly written over and over, is a wake-up call! |
| PALIMPSEST | Manuscript where text has been written over earlier writing - sample tips (anag) (10) |
| THEFIRM | Best-selling novel featuring lawyer Mitch McDeere |
| QUOVADIS | Best-selling novel set in ancient Rome |
| ESAU | Philip Kerr's best-selling novel of '96 |
| EYELESSINGAZA | Aldous Huxley's best-selling novel about the socialite Anthony Beavis |
| BEES | The Secret Life of -; best-selling novel by Sue Monk Kidd (4) |
| AMANINFULL | Best-selling novel by Tom Wolfe, published in 1998 |
| STOWE | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
| ROADS | Best-selling novel and Alex Pettyfer film, Back ... (5) |
| OFMADISON | Romantic drama based on a best-selling novel, The Bridges...County (2,7) |
| OCEAN | Film based on a best-selling novel, The Deep End of the _ (5) |
| HARRIETBEECHERSTOWE | Author of the century's best-selling novel (published 3/20/1852) |
| TARA | Image on the cover of 1936's best-selling novel |
