| WODEHOUSE | Comic author nicknamed Plum who wrote numerous novels and short stories set in fictional locales including Blandings Castle, Berkeley Mansions and the Drones Club (9) |
| DUBLINERS | James Joyce collection of short stories set in and around ireland's capital city |
| TROLLOPE | Author who wrote about Hogglestock, Plumstead Episcopi and Puddingdale among other fictional locales in his Chronicles of Barsetshire series of novels (8) |
| NOPLACE | Where fictional locales really exist |
| FELICE | ------ and Boudleaux Bryant, a songwriting team who wrote numerous hits for the Everly Brothers (6) |
| LOU | Familiar name of The Velvet Underground co-founder who wrote numerous songs, including Perfect Day and Walk on the Wild Side (3) |
| ASHTON | Originally inspired by Anna Pavlova, the founding choreographer of the Royal Ballet who wrote numerous parts for Margot Fonteyn including Cinderella (6) |
| AITKEN | Kate ___ (b.1891 d.1971 ...Canadian broadcaster and cook book author nicknamed Mrs. A) |
| ELMORE | First name of the author nicknamed "The Dickens of Detroit" |
| VIWARSHAWSKI | Fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories written by Sara Paretsky, played on film by Kathleen Turner |
| CHARTERIS | Leslie ---, author of a series of novels and short stories about Simon Templar, The Saint (9) |
| HARDY | Author whose Wessex novels mainly set in fictional rural Dorset include Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd and The Woodlanders (5) |
| MELVILLE | American writer of novels and short stories (8) |
| FICTIONALPROSE | Novels and short stories, e.g. |
| RKNARAYAN | Writer of stories set in the fictional town of Malgudi in southern India |
| ARCHER | Name of one of the farming families in the radio soap set in fictional village of Ambridge (6) |
| PLAZASUITE | 1971 film where Walter Matthau played different characters in three stories set in the same hotel room: 2 wds. |
| HENRYLAWSON | Australian author of poems and short stories,1867-1922; park in Drummoyne (5,6) |
| FANFIC | Amateur stories set in Hogwarts, e.g., for short |
| WILLA | Award honoring literature that features women's stories set in the West |
