| Author Miller | 13 |
| Author Michael who hated the movie version of "The Neverending Story" | 79 |
| Author Michael and others | 25 |
| Author Michael | 14 |
| Author mentioned in the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" | 64 |
| Author Melville | 15 |
| Author Mehta | 12 |
| Author McFadden | 15 |
| Author McEwan | 13 |
| Author McCullers | 16 |
| Author McCaffrey | 16 |
| Author Mazo ___ Roche | 21 |
| Author Mazo de la ___ | 21 |
| Author May | 10 |
| Author Maupassant | 17 |
| Author Maugham's middle name | 32 |
| Author Maugham | 14 |
| Author Mary ___ Dodge | 21 |
| Author Martin or Kingsley | 25 |
| Author Marshall | 15 |
| Author Marsh | 12 |
| Author Mario Vargas ___ | 23 |
| Author Mario | 12 |
| Author Malraux | 14 |
| Author Madeleine L'___ | 26 |
| Author Madame de ___ | 20 |
| Author Lustbader | 16 |
| Author Lurie | 12 |
| Author Ludwig | 13 |
| Author Ludlum | 13 |
| Author Luce | 11 |
| Author Louisa May with a Thoreau education | 42 |
| Author Louisa May | 17 |
| Author Loos et al. | 18 |
| Author Loos | 11 |
| Author Lofts | 12 |
| Author Lofting | 14 |
| Author Liz from Austin | 22 |
| Author Linklater | 16 |
| Author Lin ___ | 14 |
| Author Lin __ | 13 |
| Author Lieblich | 15 |
| Author Levin of "The Stepford Wives" | 46 |
| Author Levin ("Rosemary's Baby") | 46 |
| Author Levin | 12 |
| Author Lessing | 14 |
| Author LeShan and others | 24 |
| Author LeShan | 13 |
| Author Lesage | 13 |
| Author Leonard | 14 |
| Author Leon who was born on the day Joseph Conrad died | 54 |
| Author Leon | 11 |
| Author Leo | 10 |
| Author Leffland | 15 |
| Author Lee | 10 |
| Author Le Shan | 14 |
| Author Le Guin | 14 |
| Author LaVey or Chekhov | 23 |
| Author Laurenceand family | 25 |
| Author Laurence and painter Maurice | 35 |
| Author Laurence and archbishop Richard | 38 |
| Author Larsson | 14 |
| Author Lardner's given name | 31 |
| Author Lagerlöf | 18 |
| Author Lafcadio ___ | 19 |
| Author Lafcadio | 15 |
| Author L. Frank ___ | 19 |
| Author Kurt of the four novels in this puzzle | 45 |
| Author Kurt | 11 |
| Author Kovic | 12 |
| Author Korzeniowski | 19 |
| Author Kobo of Japan | 20 |
| Author known for using lowercase letters in his poems | 53 |
| Author known for his surprise endings | 37 |
| Author Knight | 13 |
| Author Kipling | 14 |
| Author Kingsolver | 17 |
| Author Kingsley ___ | 19 |
| Author Kingsley or Martin | 25 |
| Author Kingsley | 15 |
| Author Kesey | 12 |
| Author Ken | 10 |
| Author Kazan | 12 |
| Author Kaufman | 14 |
| Author Kantor | 13 |
| Author Jules | 12 |
| Author Joyce ___ | 16 |
| Author Joyce Carol ____ | 23 |
| Author Joyce Carol ___ | 22 |
| Author Joyce Carol __ | 21 |
| Author Joyce Carol -- | 21 |
| Author Joyce Carol | 18 |
| Author Joyce | 12 |
| Author Josephine | 16 |
| Author Jose Martinez | 20 |
| Author Jorge ___ Borges | 23 |
| Author Jorge Luis -- | 20 |
| Author Jorge | 12 |
| Author Jong, et al. | 19 |
| Author Jong and others | 22 |