| SCOTTISH | Writer, his novel and his nationality (8) |
| CAPOTE | Truman _, US celebrity writer. His novels include In Cold Blood (6) |
| APHORIST | Maxim writer: his part played, penning final bit of motto |
| HOFFMANN | German writer, his Tales, Offenbach |
| SHERIDAN | Read his novel, then new Irish writer (8) |
| KENEALLY | Thomas, Australian writer noted for his novel Schindler's Ark (8) |
| DOCTOROW | E.L. ******, US writer noted for his novel 'Billy Bathgate' (8) |
| APULEIUS | Lucius ___, Numidian writer of ancient Rome best known for his novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass (8) |
| MELVILLE | Herman ---, 19th-Century US writer famous for his novel Moby-Dick (8) |
| STENDHAL | Pen name of French writer noted for his novel 'The Charterhouse of Parma' (8) |
| YOUNGISH | The issue with his novel - it's slightly immature (8) |
| CHILDISH | The issue with his novel - it's juvenile (8) |
| BENCHLEY | Peter, author noted for his novel Jaws published in 1974 (8) |
| KOESTLER | Arthur ******** , author noted for his novel 'Darkness at Noon' (8) |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ___, writer noted for his novel The Adventures of Roderick Random |
| REMARQUE | Erich Maria -; author bestknown for his novel All Quiet on the Western Front (8) |
| THEODORE | ____ Dreiser, U.S. novelist born in 1871 noted for his novel Sister Carrie (8) |
| TRESSELL | Robert ___, Irish writer best known for his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
| KINDNESS | The ____ Of Women, 1991 sequel by J.G. Ballard to his novel Empire Of The Sun (8) |
| ISHIGURO | Nobel Prize-winning author knighted in February this year, his novels include An Artist of the Floating World, The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go (8) |
