There is a total of 136549 clues beginning with a
- Author of the biography
- Author of The Book of Acts
- Author of the book whose title is circled in the grid
- Author of the Books of Chronicles, by tradition
- Author of the books quoted at 17-, 29-, 38-, 46- and 59-Across
- Author of The Bostonians
- Author of the Casket Letters?
- Author of the children's book "A Is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women"
- Author of the children's book "If Roast Beef Could Fly"
- Author of the children's book "Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born"
- Author of the children's book "The Blue Ribbon Day"
- Author of the children's book "The Saga of Baby Divine"
- Author of The Circular Staircase
- Author of The Cloister and the Hearth
- Author of The Cloister and the Hearth
- Author of the concise yet evocative story told in this puzzle
- Author of the controversial kids' book "In the Night Kitchen"
- Author of the cookbook "Live, Love, Eat!"
- Author of the cookbook "Louisiana Real & Rustic"
- Author of the Declaration of Independence
- Author of the Declaration
- Author of the definition
- Author of The Divine Comedy
- Author of the Earth's Children series
- Author of the European Recovery Plan
- Author of the fictional novella "The Pension Grillparzer"
- Author of the horror novel "Red Rain"
- Author of the influential 1950 paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"
- Author of the influential 2017 cookbook whose title appears at the ends of 15-, 23-, 45- and 54-Across
- Author of the Internal Security Act of 1950
- Author of the Leatherstocking Tales
- Author of the Light of Asia
- Author of the line "It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes"
- Author of the line: "If called by a panther, don't anther"
- Author of the macabre
- Author of the memoir "Becoming" (2018)
- Author of the memoir "First Lady From Plains" (1984)
- Author of the memoir "Living History" (2003)
- Author of the memoir "One Soldier's Story"
- Author of the memoir "Spoken From the Heart" (2010)
- Author of the memoir "The Times of My Life" (1978)
- Author of The Music Master (1867–1915)
- Author of the Nancy Drew books
- Author of the No 1 book on Modern Library's "100 Best Novels" list
- Author of the novel "Carmen"
- Author of the novel "Doctor Faustus"
- Author of the novel indicated by the ends of 20-, 32- and 39-Across
- Author of the Oprah's Book Club selection "We Were the Mulvaneys"
- Author of the pamphlet "What Is To Be Done?"
- Author of the poem
- Author of the poem "Teddy Bear"
- Author of the popular "Goosebumps" books
- Author of the quip
- Author of the quip at 20-, 37-, 51-, 66-, 20-, 37-, and 51-Across
- Author of the quotation
- Author of the quotation below
- Author of the quote
- Author of the quote "I am not what you call a civilized man!"
- Author of the quote beginning at 26-Across
- Author of the quote below
- Author of the Republic
- Author of the self-help book?
- Author of the Shardlake thrillers
- Author of the short story
- Author of the short story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"
- Author of the short story "Loss of Breath"
- Author of the slogan
- Author of the Stepquote
- Author of the stories collected in "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque"
- Author of the story collection "Little Birds"
- Author of the story that inspired "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
- Author of the surreal Zen-like book of instructions "Grapefruit"
- Author of the tell-all "The Yankee Years"
- Author of the third gospel
- Author of the Three Laws of Robotics
- Author of the travelogue "In Sweden"
- Author of the Truman "profile"
- Author of the verse that starts with the beginnings of 20-, 34- and 42-Across
- Author of the work
- Author of the Yiddish memoir "And the World Remained Silent"
- Author of this puzzle's quip
- Author of this puzzle's quote
- Author of Totem and Tabu
- Author of travel book
- Author of Troilus and Cressida
- Author of two epics
- Author of Uncle Remus tales
- Author of Uncle Remus tales
- Author of Unfortunate Traveler (1567–1601)
- Author of verse for children
- Author of verse plays
- Author of Western tales
- Author of Westerns
- Author of whom Elie Wiesel said, "We all learned from him how to go back in time"
- Author of wonderful nonsense
- Author of ``The Raven"
- Author of “De vulgari eloquentia”
- Author of “The Eagle and the Fox” and “The Fox and the Lion”
- Author Oliver or John
- Author on behalf of someone else