Bestselling Adult Authors (Last Names)

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Across
  1. 4. Autobiographical fiction, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  2. 7. Her iconic dystopian novel is now a TV show starring Elisabeth Moss
  3. 8. Regency romance author, book series is now a Netflix hit
  4. 11. Former Mississippi State Representative, The Firm
  5. 13. Nature writer turned novelist, Where the Crawdads Sing
  6. 15. It Starts and Ends with this author
  7. 18. Historical fiction, The Nightingale, The Great Alone
  8. 19. Romance author from Maryland, aka J. D. Robb, Birthright
  9. 20. “____ of horror”
  10. 21. Fourth-bestselling fiction author of all time (no Irony here), Safe Harbour
Down
  1. 1. Legal thrillers, Absolute Power
  2. 2. Harlem Renaissance author, Their Eyes Were Watching God
  3. 3. Jack Reacher
  4. 5. Husband and wife, chart-topping biographies: A Promised Land, The Light We Carry
  5. 6. Alex Cross
  6. 9. Amazon Book of the Year award recipient, Everythi__ I Never Told You
  7. 10. Contemporary fiction author, My Sister’s Keeper, Nineteen Minutes
  8. 12. Aussie author, same name as Sherlock’s nemesis, Nine Perfect Strangers
  9. 14. Dramatic romance author, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook
  10. 16. Pulitzer Prize winner, Beloved, Song of Soloman
  11. 17. Queen of crime and detective fiction