| ACHEBE | Nigerian author whose first novel, Things Fall Apart, concerns traditional Igbo life/culture (6) |
| CHINUAACHEBE | Nigerian writer whose first novel was Things Fall Apart (1958) |
| NATIONS | Stable, historically developed countries with its distinct economic life, culture, language and government |
| HERMAN | US author whose first novel was 1846's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (6) |
| COWLEY | New Zealand author whose first novel was Nest in a Falling Tree, in 1967 (6) |
| AUSTEN | Author whose first novel was anonymously published under the byline "By a Lady" |
| OBRIEN | Edna - - -, Irish writer whose first novel was The Country Girls (6) |
| AMYTAN | Writer whose first novel was adapted as a film by Wayne Wang |
| ATWOOD | Writer whose first novel was "The Edible Woman" (1969) |
| BLYTON | English author whose first book, Child Whispers, was published in 1922 (6) |
| JAMESA | American author whose first book was adapted into the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific (5,1,8) |
| FIRSTS | Novel things |
| YORUBA | Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups are the Hausa, ____ and Igbo |
| MELVILLE | US author whose first novel was 1846's Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (8) |
| GIBBONS | Stella ___, English author whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (7) |
| CARTLAND | Dame Barbara ___, prolific author whose first novel, Jigsaw, was published in 1923 |
| BANKS | Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| IAIN | And 33 Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, English author whose first novel was The Black Moth (5) |
| BERYLBAINBRIDGE | Author whose first novel was Harriet Said..... in 1972 (5,10) |
