TAG Teaser 91 - Aye Write!

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Across
  1. 2. Whos afraid of Virginia ?????... celebrated modernist author of "Mrs Dalloway" and "A Room of One's Own" (5)
  2. 5. Lewis ???????, real name Charles Dodgson, who created Alice, Wonderland, the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts (7)
  3. 6. Charles ???????, legendary 19th century writer of such timeless classics "Oliver Twist", "A Christmas Carol" and "A Tale of Two Cities" (7)
  4. 8. Harper ???, author of the 1960 classic anti-racism novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" and its 2015 sequel, "Go Set A Watchman" (3)
  5. 9. Three hugely talented literary sisters, in order of birth... Charlotte, Emily and Anne! The first wrote "Jane Eyre", the second wrote "Wuthering Heights" and the third penned "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (6)
  6. 10. Beatrix ??????, as gifted at illustrating as she was at writing, wrote and drew the Peter Rabbit stories, featuring such unforgettable characters as Tom Kitten, Jeremy Fisher, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin (6)
  7. 12. Roald ????, beloved author of such children's classics as "Matilda", "The B.F.G." and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (4)
  8. 13. Edgar Allan ???, gothic author of "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" (3)
  9. 16. Jane ??????, she who needs no introduction... writer of such timeless comic classics as "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" and "Emma" (6)
  10. 17. Ian ??????, a son of Edinburgh like Mr 4-DOWN, and like him a creator of another famous fictional detective, Inspector John Rebus (6)
Down
  1. 1. J.R.R. ???????, author of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion" (7)
  2. 3. Oscar ?????, celebrated 19th century Irish author, who like Mr 14-DOWN was a great wit! He wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Lady Windermere's Fan" (5)
  3. 4. Sir Arthur Conan ?????, Edinburgh-born creator of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes (5)
  4. 7. Terry ?????????, late and much loved author and creator of the Discworld series (9)
  5. 11. Joanne, known as J.K... creator of a certain bespectacled boy wizard known as Harry Potter! (7)
  6. 14. Mark ?????, real name Samuel Clemens, as famous for his wit as his writing, he wrote the Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn stories (5)
  7. 15. Stephen ????, best-selling author of such classics as "The Green Mile", "It" and "The Shining" (4)