| MORRISON | US novelist, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (8) |
| TONI | US novelist, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 (4) |
| TONIMORRISON | American author, born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in 1931, who died earlier this month (4,8) |
| FRANCESHODGSONBURNETT | US novelist, born in Manchester, who wrote The Secret Garden |
| NABOKOV | Vladimir --, US novelist born in Russia (7) |
| BOBDYLAN | Blowin' in the Wind singer-songwriter who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 2016: 2 wds. |
| ISHIGURO | Japanese-born British author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (5,8) |
| GORDIMER | Nadine ___ (1923 2014), South African novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991 (8) |
| THEODORE | ____ Dreiser, U.S. novelist born in 1871 noted for his novel Sister Carrie (8) |
| FRIEDMAN | Milton, US monetarist awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976 (8) |
| MOHAYDER | Crime novelist born in 1962, noted for her debut novel Birdman (2,6) |
| OTTOHAHN | German chemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 'for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei' (4,4) |
| LANGMUIR | Irving ________ was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1932 for his work in surface chemistry; a journal about surface science is also named for him |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | Japanese-born British novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (5,8) |
| NESBIT | Novelist born in London in 1858 who wrote The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It, T |
| BAINBRIDGE | Novelist born in Liverpool in 1932 remembered for books including The Dressmaker, The Bottle Factory |
| DORIS | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
| LESSING | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
| KAZUO | Japanese-born British author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (5,8) |
| COETZEE | J. M. ___, South African-born Australian novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003 (7) |
