My Favorite Books and Writers

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Across
  1. 2. He's the former host of "The Daily Show" and wrote one of my favorite memoirs, "Born a Crime"
  2. 3. Writer of "When Harry Met Sally" and author of the novel "Heartburn"
  3. 7. LA neighborhood mentioned in the title of an Eve Babitz book
  4. 9. She wrote "Beloved" and "Tar Baby"
  5. 10. In Tom Stoppard's play, Rosencrantz and this other "Hamlet" character are dead
  6. 12. Adjective used to describe a history written by Donna Tartt
  7. 13. He wrote a string of legal thrillers, my favorites being "The Runaway Jury" and "The Rainmaker"
  8. 17. Austen novel that begins with the words "It is a truth universally acknowledged"
  9. 19. Ray Bradbury states it was a pleasure to do this in the opening words of "Fahrenheit 451"
  10. 20. Funny playwright best known for "The Odd Couple"
  11. 22. She won a writing contest when she authored "Frankenstein"
  12. 23. Poet whose only novel was "The Bell Jar"
  13. 25. American poet who wrote "Song of Myself" and "O Captain! My Captain!"
  14. 26. John Green reviews this in a book of essays
  15. 27. Comedian who wrote about his "Classic Scrapes" and who is known for his comedy special "Repertoire"
  16. 28. John Williams' novel about the life of an English professor
  17. 30. I've read all of his books, but my favorite is "Nine Stories"
  18. 31. This actor starred as Rob in a film adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel "High Fidelity"
Down
  1. 1. He wrote the Dead Poets Society-esque novel "A Separate Peace"
  2. 4. Former SNL writer who wrote short story collections like "Ant Farm" and "Glory Days"
  3. 5. First and middle names of Joan Didion's daughter, or a state in Mexico
  4. 6. The protagonist of what is perhaps my favorite book, "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
  5. 8. Author who wrote the "Jeeves & Wooster" books and the book for the musical "Anything Goes"
  6. 11. Joan Didion says we tell ourselves stories in order to do this
  7. 13. Joe Biden's inaugural poet and author of "The Hill We Climb"
  8. 14. Philosopher, theologist, and saint who wrote a book of his "Confessions"
  9. 15. Living American poet who wrote my favorite book of poetry, "Above Ground"
  10. 16. Oscar Wilde wrote a play about the importance of being this
  11. 18. Author of the novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the book "In Cold Blood"
  12. 20. Comic essay writer who talked pretty one day
  13. 21. Philosopher who wrote "Symposium"
  14. 24. He used his experiences as a prisoner of war to write "Slaughterhouse-Five"
  15. 25. Playwright known for "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
  16. 29. The narrator of and maybe my favorite character in "The Great Gatsby" (actually Jordan might be my favorite)