| Author of the surreal Zen-like book of instructions "Grapefruit" | 74 |
| Author of the story that inspired "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" | 77 |
| Author of the story collection "Little Birds" | 55 |
| Author of the stories collected in "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" | 83 |
| Author of the Stepquote | 23 |
| Author of the short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" | 66 |
| Author of The Rebel Angels | 26 |
| Author of the quote below | 25 |
| Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!" | 71 |
| Author of the quote | 19 |
| Author of the quotation below | 29 |
| Author of the quotation | 23 |
| Author of the quip | 18 |
| Author of the popular "Goosebumps" books | 50 |
| Author of the poem "Teddy Bear" | 41 |
| Author of the poem | 18 |
| Author of the Oprah's Book Club selection "We Were the Mulvaneys" | 79 |
| Author of the novel "Doctor Faustus" | 46 |
| Author of the Nancy Drew books | 30 |
| Author of the memoir "Promises to Keep" | 49 |
| Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story" | 56 |
| Author of the Leatherstocking Tales | 35 |
| Author of The Last Spike | 24 |
| Author of the horror novel "Red Rain" | 47 |
| Author of The Handmaid's Tale | 33 |
| Author of the fictional novella "The Pension Grillparzer" | 67 |
| Author of the European Recovery Plan | 36 |
| Author of the definition | 24 |
| Author of the Dave Robicheaux mysteries | 39 |
| Author of the cookbook "Louisiana Real & Rustic" | 62 |
| Author of the cookbook "Live, Love, Eat!" | 51 |
| Author of the controversial kids' book "In the Night Kitchen" | 75 |
| Author of the children's book "The Saga of Baby Divine" | 69 |
| Author of the children's book "The Blue Ribbon Day" | 65 |
| Author of the children's book "Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born" | 86 |
| Author of the children's book "If Roast Beef Could Fly" | 69 |
| Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition | 47 |
| Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid | 53 |
| Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" | 87 |
| Author of the best-selling book series in history | 49 |
| Author of the best seller "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago" | 71 |
| Author of the Barsetshire novels | 32 |
| Author of the Barrytown Trilogy | 31 |
| Author of the award-winning 1999 novel "In America" | 61 |
| Author of the autobiography "Open" | 44 |
| Author of the advice | 20 |
| Author of the 87th Precinct series | 34 |
| Author of the 3,000-page "The Civil War: A Narrative" | 63 |
| Author of the 20th century's best-selling non-religious book | 64 |
| Author of the 20th Amendment | 28 |
| Author of the 2010 book "Talk Show" | 45 |
| Author of the 2009 book subtitled "A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" | 80 |
| Author of the 2009 best-seller "Have a Little Faith" Mitch | 68 |
| Author of the 2006 best seller "Culture Warrior" | 58 |
| Author of the 1986 Booker Prize winner "The Old Devils" | 65 |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers | 67 |
| Author of the 1970 best-seller “The Female Eunuch” | 58 |
| Author of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise) | 72 |
| Author of the 1965 biography "Kennedy" | 48 |
| Author of the 1959 novel "Doctor Sax" | 47 |
| Author of the 1940 autobiography "Wings on My Feet" | 61 |
| Author of the 1922 best-seller "Etiquette" | 52 |
| Author of the 1899 children's book "The Wouldbegoods" | 67 |
| Author of the "Wiener Dog Art" collection | 51 |
| Author of the "Minimax Cookbook" | 42 |
| Author of the "Goosebumps" series | 43 |
| Author of the "Goosebumps" book series | 48 |
| Author of the "Elements," ca. 300 B.C. | 48 |
| Author of the "Earth's Children" series | 53 |
| Author of the "Black Widowers" series of mysteries | 60 |
| Author of the "Asian Saga" series | 43 |
| Author of the "Annus Mirabilis" papers | 48 |
| Author of the #1 best seller "Couples" | 48 |
| Author of Stepquote | 19 |
| Author of some stories appropriate for Halloween | 48 |
| Author of several New Testament epistles | 40 |
| Author of seven autobiographies | 31 |
| Author of sci-fi's "War With the Newts" | 53 |
| Author of scary stories? | 24 |
| Author of quoted poem | 21 |
| Author of quote | 15 |
| Author of quotation below | 25 |
| Author of quotation | 19 |
| Author of Portnoy's Complaint | 33 |
| Author of Perry tales | 21 |
| Author of one of the Gospels | 28 |
| Author of Old West novels | 25 |
| Author of nature books | 22 |
| Author of muchas epÃstolas | 29 |
| Author of more than 90 novels | 29 |
| Author of more than 600 compositions | 36 |
| Author of medical fiction | 25 |
| Author of many a talking animal story | 37 |
| Author of legal thrillers | 25 |
| Author of Lee biography | 23 |
| Author of La Montagne Secrete | 29 |
| Author of kids' Busytown books | 34 |
| Author of inspirational stories for boys | 40 |
| Author of Hindu fairy tales? | 28 |
| Author of Harry Potter books | 28 |