| PATTERSON | James _, US author who created the character of detective Alex Cross (9) |
| CROSSDRESS | Style of outfit for detective Alex? |
| EUGENIDES | Jeffrey _, US author who wrote the 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides (9) |
| NATHANIEL | _ Hawthorne, US author who wrote The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| BORROUGHS | US author who wrote the 2002 memoir Running With Scissors, Augusten _ (9) |
| HEMINGWAY | US writer who travelled frequently to Spain and was a fan of bullfighting which featured in his novel "Death in the Afternoon" (9) |
| MARKTWAIN | US author who gave us Tom Sawyer (4,5) |
| STEINBECK | US writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 (9) |
| TWAIN | Late US author who created the character of Tom Sawyer, Mark _ (5) |
| ERLE | US author who created the character of Perry Mason, _ Stanley Gardner (4) |
| EDGAR | US author who created the character of Tarzan, _ Rice Burroughs (5) |
| ELLIS | Bret Easton _, US author who wrote the 1991 novel American Psycho (5) |
| MELVILLE | Herman _, US author who wrote the 1851 novel Moby-Dick (8) |
| IRVING | Washington, US author who created Rip Van Winkle (6) |
| ALONG | Morgan Freeman played Alex Cross in the film version of the James Patterson thriller, ... Came A Spi |
| FENIMORE | James _ Cooper, US author who wrote The Last Of The Mohicans (8) |
| EDWARDS | Martin British author who created the character of Harry Devlin (7) |
| RUTH | British author who created the character of Chief Inspector Wexford, _ Rendell (4) |
| HUGHLOFTING | British author who created the character of Doctor Dolittle (4,7) |
| OTTOBINDER | US novelist and comic-book writer who co-created the character of Supergirl in 1959 (4,6) |
