Across
- 1. Known for her detective novels, including Hercule Poirot mysteries
- 3. Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale"
- 5. First woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, for "The Age of Innocence"
- 8. Author of "Pride and Prejudice"
- 10. Author of "The Women of Brewster Place"
- 11. Guin Renowned for her works in fantasy and science fiction, including "The Left Hand of Darkness"
- 13. Author of "The Color Purple"
- 15. Known for "The Interpreter of Maladies" and "The Namesake"
- 17. Created the Harry Potter series
- 18. Penned "Little Women"
- 19. Wrote the American classic "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- 20. Nobel laureate and author of "Beloved"
Down
- 2. Pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, who wrote "Middlemarch"
- 4. Wrote "The Joy Luck Club"
- 6. Known for her short stories and "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
- 7. Pioneering science fiction writer, author of "Kindred"
- 9. Modernist author of "Mrs. Dalloway"
- 12. Authored "Frankenstein"
- 14. Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- 16. Poet and author of "The Bell Jar"
