| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Author who created Sam Spade |
| ROTH | Author who created Zuckerman |
| BAUM | Author who created Oz |
| AYNRAND | Author who created John Galt |
| AUSTEN | Author who created Emma Woodhouse |
| HARTE | Author who created Poker Flat |
| DAHL | Children's author who created Miss Trunchbull |
| ANNE | Author Rice who created the vampire Lestat |
| VONNEGUT | Author who created the fatalistic optometrist Billy Pilgrim |
| MARC | Children's book author Brown who created the "Arthur" series |
| TESS | Author Gerritsen who created the characters Rizzoli and Isles |
| POIROT | "Egocentric little creep" of a detective, according to the author who created him |
