| BALLARD | James Graham - English novelist and short story writer. (7) |
| DEEPING | Warwick ___, prolific English novelist and short story writer whose best-known novel was Sorrell and Son |
| GREENE | Graham - - -, English novelist and dramatist who wrote Brighton Rock (6) |
| ALDOUSHUXLEY | Which English novelist and short-story writer died the same day as John F Kennedy? (6,6) |
| INGRAM | Charles _. subject of the 2020 drama series Quiz. adapted from a play by James Graham (6) |
| MORAVIA | Alberto ___, pen name of Italian novelist and short-story writer Alberto Pincherle |
| SAROYAN | William, American playwright and short story writer (7) |
| OBRIEN | Novelist and short story writer whose many works include Christmas Roses, The Country Girls, Wild Decembers and the story for children A Christmas Treat (6) |
| DUMAURIER | Dame Daphne --, 1907-89, novelist and short-story writer (2,7) |
| KELMAN | James, Scottish novelist and short story writer born in 1946 (6) |
| FLANNERYOCONNOR | US novelist and short-story writer whose works include Wise Blood and The Violent Bear it Away |
| ALBERTOMORAVIA | Italian novelist and short-story writer whose works include The Time of Indifference and The Woman of Rome |
| CARTER | Pen name of a novelist and short story writer whose works include The Magic Toyshop, Nights at the Circus and Shadow Dance (6) |
| SILLITOE | Alan --, 1928-2010, novelist and short-story writer (8) |
| KAFKA | Bohemian novelist and short story writer Franz |
| PLATH | Sylvia, American poet, novelist, and short-story writer who married Ted Hughes (5) |
| HASEK | Czech novelist and short-story writer |
| TREVOR | William, Irish novelist and short-story writer (6) |
| HAWTHORNE | Nathaniel - - -, American novelist and short story writer who wrote The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| EDNA | ___ O'Brien, Irish novelist and short-story writer born in 1930 (4) |
