| HOLLANDER | Xaviera, author of the memoir The Happy Hooker (9) |
| IMRIE | Actress; author of 2011 memoir The Happy Hoofer (5,5) |
| CELIA | Actress; author of 2011 memoir The Happy Hoofer (5,5) |
| LEONOWENS | Indianborn author of the memoir The English Governess At The Siamese Court, which was the inspiration for the 1951 musical The King And I (4,9) |
| BETTYFORD | Author of the memoir "The Times of My Life" (1978) |
| LAURABUSH | Author of the memoir "Spoken From the Heart" (2010) |
| SOTOMAYOR | Sonia --, American jurist and author of the memoir 'My Beloved World' (9) |
| SILVERMAN | Comic who wrote the memoir The Bedwetter |
| ANNA | And 40 Across Indianborn author of the memoir The English Governess At The Siamese Court, which was the inspiration for the 1951 musical The King And I (4,9) |
| AKINFENWA | Adebayo , veteran of over 600 league games who authored memoir The Beast (9) |
| SILVERADO | Robert Louis Stevenson travel memoir, The ... Squatters |
| DINESEN | Isak ___, pseudonym of Karen Blixen; author of the memoir Out of Africa (7) |
| XAVIERA | "The Happy Hooker" author Hollander |
| RAE | TV actress Charlotte who recently released the memoir "The Facts of My Life" |
| ARGO | Best Picture winner based on the memoir "The Master of Disguise" |
| BENNETT | Alan, playwright who wrote the memoir The Lady In The Van (7) |
| BRITTAIN | Vera ___, author of the memoir Testament of Youth (8) |
| BLUNDEN | Edmund -; author of the memoir Undertones of War (7) |
| ASHE | Author of the memoir Days of Grace |
| BABITZ | Eponymous author of the memoir-cum-portrait of Los Angeles "Eve's Hollywood" |
