| Author Leon who was born on the day Joseph Conrad died | 54 |
| Author Leon | 11 |
| Author Leo | 10 |
| Author Leffland | 15 |
| Author Lee | 10 |
| Author Le Shan | 14 |
| Author Le Guin | 14 |
| Author LaVey or Chekhov | 23 |
| Author Laurenceand family | 25 |
| Author Laurence and painter Maurice | 35 |
| Author Laurence and archbishop Richard | 38 |
| Author Larsson | 14 |
| Author Lardner's given name | 31 |
| Author Lagerlöf | 18 |
| Author Lafcadio ___ | 19 |
| Author Lafcadio | 15 |
| Author L. Frank ___ | 19 |
| Author Kurt of the four novels in this puzzle | 45 |
| Author Kurt | 11 |
| Author Kovic | 12 |
| Author Korzeniowski | 19 |
| Author Kobo of Japan | 20 |
| Author known for using lowercase letters in his poems | 53 |
| Author known for his surprise endings | 37 |
| Author Knight | 13 |
| Author Kipling | 14 |
| Author Kingsolver | 17 |
| Author Kingsley ___ | 19 |
| Author Kingsley or Martin | 25 |
| Author Kingsley | 15 |
| Author Kesey | 12 |
| Author Ken | 10 |
| Author Kazan | 12 |
| Author Kaufman | 14 |
| Author Kantor | 13 |
| Author Jules | 12 |
| Author Joyce ___ | 16 |
| Author Joyce Carol ____ | 23 |
| Author Joyce Carol ___ | 22 |
| Author Joyce Carol __ | 21 |
| Author Joyce Carol -- | 21 |
| Author Joyce Carol | 18 |
| Author Joyce | 12 |
| Author Josephine | 16 |
| Author Jose Martinez | 20 |
| Author Jorge ___ Borges | 23 |
| Author Jorge Luis -- | 20 |
| Author Jorge | 12 |
| Author Jong, et al. | 19 |
| Author Jong and others | 22 |
| Author Jong | 11 |
| Author Jonathan shows his unhappiness | 37 |
| Author John ___ Passos | 22 |
| Author John Le____ | 18 |
| Author John le ___ | 18 |
| Author John Dos ___ | 19 |
| Author John Dos __ | 18 |
| Author John Dickson ___ | 23 |
| Author John and family | 22 |
| Author John | 11 |
| Author Jennifer with "The Keep" | 41 |
| Author Jeffrey | 14 |
| Author Jean Paul | 16 |
| Author Jean | 11 |
| Author Janowitz | 15 |
| Author James: 1909–55 | 28 |
| Author James ___: 1909-55 | 25 |
| Author James ___ | 16 |
| Author James who got in trouble with Oprah | 42 |
| Author James or outfielder Tommie | 33 |
| Author James M. | 15 |
| Author James Fenimore | 21 |
| Author James et al. | 19 |
| Author James B. and ballplayer Enos | 35 |
| Author James and others | 23 |
| Author James and baseballer Tommie | 34 |
| Author James | 12 |
| Author Jaffe (''Class Reunion'') | 48 |
| Author Jaffe | 12 |
| Author Ivo Andric, for one | 26 |
| Author Ivins | 12 |
| Author Isaac who sported enormous white mutton chops | 52 |
| Author Irwin | 12 |
| Author inspired by Twain | 24 |
| Author Ingalls Wilder | 21 |
| Author in the Bloomsbury Group | 30 |
| Author in the 1950s "angry young men" movement | 56 |
| Author in a stupor | 18 |
| Author Hyman | 12 |
| Author Huxley | 13 |
| Author Hurok | 12 |
| Author Hunter, a k a Ed McBain | 30 |
| Author Hunter a k a Ed McBain | 29 |
| Author Hunter | 13 |
| Author Huffington | 17 |
| Author Hubbard | 14 |
| Author Hortense | 15 |
| Author Horatio who wrote "Ragged Dick" | 48 |
| Author Horatio known for rags-to-riches stories | 47 |
| Author Horatio | 14 |