| LIONEL | ___ Shriver, US author noted for her 2003 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (6) |
| HORATIOALGER | US author noted for his rags-to-riches stories aimed at young adults |
| GOODREM | Delta, Australian singer noted for her 2003 album, Innocent Eyes (7) |
| SHRIVER | Lionel ___ , U.S. author noted for her 2005 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin (7) |
| MILLER | Ezra _, starred in 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin (6) |
| LIONELSHRIVER | Author of the novel We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| CAPOTE | Truman, US writer noted for his novella Breakfast At Tiffany's, published in 1958 (6) |
| WELDON | Fay, late author noted for her 1983 novel The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil (6) |
| VIOLET | ____ Trefusis, English author noted for her affair with the writer Vita Sackville-West (6) |
| COWELL | Cressida ___, children's author noted for her book series How to Train Your Dragon |
| HUGHES | Shirley, children's author noted for her Alfie and Annie Rose series (6) |
| ESTHER | ____ Freud, writer noted for her semi-autobiographical novel Hideous Kinky (6) |
| NESBIT | Edith, writer noted for her children's book The Railway Children (6) |
| PARKER | Dorothy ---, 20th-Century American writer noted for her humorous writing and wisecracks (6) |
| NEEDTO | High school tragedy film, We ...Talk About Kevin (4,2) |
| EUNICE | ___ Shriver, sister of J.F.K. and founder of the Special Olympics |
| TILDASWINTON | Actress who played Kevin's mother in We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| TILDA | Oscar-winning star of 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin, ----- Swinton (5) |
| HURST | Fannie ***** , US writer noted for her 1931 romance novel 'Back Street' (5) |
| SWINTON | Tilda _, star of We Need to Talk About Kevin (7) |
