English Authors

1. author, chocolate taster and raf fighter pilot (last name)
4. author of Anna Karennina, his works inspired Mahatma Gandhi (last name)
6. youngest Nobel peace laureate (first name)
9. Author of if tomorrow comes (last name)
10. author of shall we kill the president (last name)
12. Shortened her name so that boys would not be steered away by a book from a female author (initials)

2. Queen of crime fiction, works have been translated to over 50 languages (first name)
3. American author who is credited with inventing detective fiction, statue in Times Square (last name)
5. Author heavily inspired by Irish mythology, folklore and mysticism (last name)
6. Karnataka origin author and Rajya Sabha member (last name)
7. author of secret seven and famous five series (last name)
8. author of the blue umbrella, uk origin but lived in India (last name)
11. bestselling author of mythology series (first name)