| CHIANG | Ted ___, author of the best-selling short-story collection "Exhalation" |
| UNDERESTIMATING | Thinking too little of, selling short (15) |
| MARIEKONDO | Author of the best-selling self-help book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: 2 wds. |
| PACKARD | Vance, author of the best-selling book on advertising The Hidden Persuaders (7) |
| LAPPE | Frances Moore ___, author of the best-selling "Diet for a Small Planet" |
| ROTH | Veronica ___, author of the best-selling "Divergent" series |
| ALDO | Environmentalist ___ Leopold, author of the best-selling "A Sand County Almanac" |
| DAHL | Author of the best-selling children's book "Matilda" |
| JKROWLING | Author of the best-selling book series in history |
| BRENNEBROWN | Author of the best-selling self-help book Daring Greatly: 2 wds. |
| SPENCERJOHNSON | Author of the best-selling self-help book Who Moved My Cheese?: 2 wds. |
| CHRISTIE | The Mousetrap creator who wrote The A. B. C. Murders, And Then There Were None and The Body in the Library ; one of the best-selling authors of all time (8) |
| ERLE | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |
| ELDER | The ___ Scrolls V: Skyrim, one of the best-selling video games of the 2010s |
| HST | One of the subjects of the best-selling '02 book "The Conquerors" |
| PRIXGONCOURT | French literary prize given to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year" |
| YUTANG | Lin ___, author of the best seller "The Importance of Living" |
| SIMS | The ___ is one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. (4) |
| JACOBS | A. J. ___, author of the best seller "The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest |
| ROYKO | Author of the best seller "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago" |
