The Crossword of Writers

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Across
  1. 3. Created 'The Color Purple'
  2. 4. Supposedly wrote 'The Great Gatsby'
  3. 5. Author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
  4. 6. Author of 'The Handmaid's Tale'
  5. 8. Playwright and poet; ie 'Hamlet'
  6. 9. Wrote 'The Raven'
  7. 13. Wrote your favorite series
  8. 14. Wrote 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Song of Solomon'
  9. 15. Responsible for 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series
  10. 16. Known for his novel 'War and Peace'
Down
  1. 1. Author of 'James and the Giant Peach'
  2. 2. Author of 'Native Son'
  3. 5. Wrote 'Sense and Sensibility'
  4. 7. Wrote 'On Being Brought from Africa to America' in 1773
  5. 8. Wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath'
  6. 10. American children's author and cartoonist
  7. 11. Delivered the speech 'Ain't I A Woman?'
  8. 12. One of America’s most important lyric poets; born in MA
  9. 13. Wrote 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'
  10. 17. Wrote 'Animal Farm'