| Author of the story collection "Little Birds" | 55 |
| Author of the story that inspired "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" | 77 |
| Author of the surreal Zen-like book of instructions "Grapefruit" | 74 |
| Author of the tell-all "The Yankee Years" | 51 |
| Author of the third gospel | 26 |
| Author of the Three Laws of Robotics | 36 |
| Author of the travelogue "In Sweden" | 46 |
| Author of the verse | 19 |
| Author of the withholding-tax plan | 34 |
| Author of the Yiddish memoir "And the World Remained Silent" | 70 |
| Author of this puzzle's quote | 33 |
| Author of today's quote | 27 |
| Author of Uncle Remus tales | 27 |
| Author of ``The Raven'' | 31 |
| Author or cloak | 15 |
| Author or convict | 17 |
| Author Orczy, for one | 21 |
| Author Oscar | 12 |
| Author Ouida | 12 |
| Author Ouida's real name | 28 |
| Author Oz | 9 |
| Author Paretsky | 15 |
| Author Paretsky and others | 26 |
| Author Patchett | 15 |
| Author Paton | 12 |
| Author Paul de ___ | 18 |
| Author Peter | 12 |
| Author Philip | 13 |
| Author Philip and others | 24 |
| Author Philip K. ___ | 20 |
| Author Phillpotts | 17 |
| Author Picoult | 14 |
| Author Pierre ___: 1850–1923 | 35 |
| Author Pines | 12 |
| Author Pirandello | 17 |
| Author Poe | 10 |
| Author Poole | 12 |
| Author portrayed in the miniseries "The Lost Boys" | 60 |
| Author Potok | 12 |
| Author Prévost | 17 |
| Author Primo | 12 |
| Author profiled in "Shadowlands" | 42 |
| Author Prosper __ who wrote "Carmen," on which the opera is based | 75 |
| Author Puzo | 11 |
| Author Quindlen | 15 |
| Author quoted below | 19 |
| Author quoted herein | 20 |
| Author R. L. --- | 16 |
| Author R. L. ___ | 16 |
| Author Radcliffe and a cape | 27 |
| Author Ralph __ Emerson | 23 |
| Author Rand | 11 |
| Author Rand et al. | 18 |
| Author Rand of ''The Fountainhead'' | 51 |
| Author Raphael Gibbs, to his friends | 36 |
| Author Raymond | 14 |
| Author Rölvaag | 17 |
| Author read by Bando and Stevens | 32 |
| Author Rebecca ___ | 18 |
| Author referenced by Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street" | 60 |
| Author referenced in "The Following" | 46 |
| Author related to Drinkwater? | 29 |
| Author Remarque | 15 |
| Author Repplier | 15 |
| Author Rice | 11 |
| Author Richard | 14 |
| Author Richard Henry | 20 |
| Author Richard Henry ___ | 24 |
| Author Rita __ Brown | 20 |
| Author Rita ___ Brown | 21 |
| Author Rivabella | 16 |
| Author Roald | 12 |
| Author Robbe-Grillet et al. | 27 |
| Author Robbins | 14 |
| Author Robert __ Butler | 23 |
| Author Robert ___ Butler | 24 |
| Author Robert ___ Warren | 24 |
| Author Robert ____ Butler | 25 |
| Author Roberts | 14 |
| Author Roger | 12 |
| Author Rohmer | 13 |
| Author Romains | 14 |
| Author Rona | 11 |
| Author Rostov | 13 |
| Author Rostov: "Eroica" | 33 |
| Author Rostov: "Eroica," 1977 | 39 |
| Author Rule | 11 |
| Author Rule and others | 22 |
| Author Runyon | 13 |
| Author Rushdie | 14 |
| Author S. S. Van ___ | 20 |
| Author Sackville-West | 21 |
| Author said to have influenced Hitchcock | 40 |
| Author Saki's real surname | 30 |
| Author Samuel | 13 |
| Author Samuel Hopkins | 21 |
| Author Sandburg | 15 |
| Author Sandoz | 13 |
| Author Santha Rama | 18 |
| Author Santha Rama -- | 21 |