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Rated: ASR · Crossword Puzzle · Writing · #2318521
A literature-themed crossword created as part of 2024's Game of Thrones.
How many bestselling authors can you identify?
Across:
 1 Richest author in the world, thanks to the Wizarding World.
 7 Author who's signature character, Jack Ryan, found mainstream popularity when President Ronald Reagan was spotted reading it.
 9 The Bard himself.
 14 Author of The Notebook and numerous other relationship melodramas.
 15 Children's author and cartoonist best known for beloved characters like The Grinch, Cat in the Hat, and Horton.
 16 The originator of The Wheel of Time series.
 17 Second richest author in the world, thanks to Alex Cross and a stable of co-writers.
 18 Author of the as-yet-unfinished Song of Ice and Fire book series.
 21 Author of the Jason Bourne series of books, along with many other espionage thrillers.
 22 One of the most famous and prolific authors of westerns, with over 100 written.
 23 Lawyer turned legal thriller author who has had many of his books turned into movies, including The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Runway Jury
 24 Unlike her romance genre contemporaries Danielle Steel and Nora Roberts who have each written nearly 200 books, this romance novelist has sold nearly as many copies but from only 25 books.
 27 Author who hit it big with her BDSM-inspired Twilight fanfic series featuring Anastasia and Christian..
 28 Imaginative children's author of Willy Wonka, Matilda, the BFG, and James and the Giant Peach.
Down:
 1 Creator of Middle Earth and its extensive history and culture.
 2 Renowned author of thriller series featuring symbologist Robert Langdon.
 3 Technothriller author and screenwriter who gave us both Jurassic Park and the television medical drama ER.
 4 Self-published author of multiple Scottish crime series and, more importantly, the science fiction comedy series Space Team
 5 His Discworld series has more installments than just about any other fantasy series.
 6 Fantasy author who finished The Wheel of Time series and just ran the most successful Kickstarter of all time
 8 Christian theologian and author of The Chronicles of Narnia series.
 10 Author of Alice's adventures in Wonderland.
 11 Author who created Bella and the Cullen family of vampires.
 12 Other than Shakespeare, the only other (mystery-focused) author with minimum estimated book sales in the billions of copies.
 13 Fantasy author of The Kingkiller Chronicles, who seems to be in competition with 18 Across to see who can go the longest without finishing the next book in their series.
 19 Prolific author of more than 400 children's horror books, particularly the Goosebumps franchise
 20 Western and crime fiction author perhaps most famous for Get Shorty and Out of Sight.
 25 The author who created James Bond and his entire franchise.
 26 Iconic author of many Maine-centered stories. Father of horror writer Joe Hill.
 29 Author who interviewed a vampire.
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