Best-selling author Crossword Clue

Last seen: The New York Times, 01 Jan 1968

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BANKHEAD
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CAPOTE
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"Breakfast at Tiffany's" authorCrossword Clue
Truman ___, author of Breakfast at Tiffany'sCrossword Clue
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Authors old set of books in prominent positionCrossword Clue
Truman who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"Crossword Clue
Author who was a childhood friend of Harper LeeCrossword Clue
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DAPHNEDUMAURIER
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Remain hard up due to struggle as novelistCrossword Clue
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Current best-selling novelistCrossword Clue
She wrote "Kiss Me Again, Stranger."Crossword Clue

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OHARA
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"Schitt's Creek" actress CatherineCrossword Clue
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"Home Alone" actress CatherineCrossword Clue

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PEALE
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Washington portraitist Charles Willson ___Crossword Clue
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Washington portraitist Rembrandt ___Crossword Clue
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Norman Vincent ___, best-selling author of "The Power of Positive Thinking"Crossword Clue
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WILLIAMBRINKLEY
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ANN
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CALEB
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___ Carr, best-selling author of historical thrillersCrossword Clue

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DAN
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Novelist BrownCrossword Clue
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George Bush’s running mate in 1992Crossword Clue
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ECO
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ERIK
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"Dead Wake" author LarsonCrossword Clue
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HOAG
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Romance novelist TamiCrossword Clue

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MAEVE
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Irish author BinchyCrossword Clue

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NORA
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ROLLO
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Rich kid in the "Nancy" comicsCrossword Clue

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HALEY
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"Roots" writerCrossword Clue

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JAMESFFIXX
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"The Complete Book of Running" authorCrossword Clue

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ZIGZIGLAR
9 Letters
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Motivation masterCrossword Clue

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TAMI
4 Letters
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Suspense novelist HoagCrossword Clue
"Ashes to Ashes" author HoagCrossword Clue
Suspense novelist HoagCrossword Clue
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"Dust to Dust" author HoagCrossword Clue
Suspense author HoagCrossword Clue

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ELLIS
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Actress Tracee ___ RossCrossword Clue
Actress Tracee ___ Ross of "American Fiction"Crossword Clue
___ Island (historic entry point for immigrants)Crossword Clue
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Island in immigration historyCrossword Clue
Marsalis family patriarchCrossword Clue
Marsalis family patriarchCrossword Clue
Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970Crossword Clue
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New York Harbor's ___ IslandCrossword Clue

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KOONTZ
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Best-selling novelist DeanCrossword Clue
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"Demon Seed" novelist DeanCrossword Clue

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LASSER
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“Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” star LouiseCrossword Clue
Louise of TV's "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"Crossword Clue
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Allen exCrossword Clue
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Mary Hartman portrayer LouiseCrossword Clue
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)" actressCrossword Clue

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OURSLER
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He wrote "N. Y., N. Y."Crossword Clue
Author of "The Greatest Book Ever Written."Crossword Clue

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TUROW
5 Letters
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"Presumed Innocent" authorCrossword Clue
"One L" authorCrossword Clue
Scott who wrote "Identical"Crossword Clue
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CLANCY
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STOWE
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Madeleine of "Revenge"Crossword Clue
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National Trust landscaped garden in BuckinghamshireCrossword Clue
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Vermont vacation siteCrossword Clue

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TOWNSEND
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Charlie's last name on "Charlie's Angels"Crossword Clue
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Finale for Podunk?Crossword Clue
Pension plan of the '30sCrossword Clue

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HELLER
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JRRTOLKIEN
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LECAR
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Aptly named RenaultCrossword Clue
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Old RenaultCrossword Clue

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LECARRE
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6's blunder, one line backCrossword Clue
See 6Crossword Clue
Who makes us care – left and right – about espionage, ultimately?Crossword Clue
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"A Legacy of Spies" authorCrossword Clue
John of spy fictionCrossword Clue

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BRESLIN
7 Letters
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He said "Media is the plural of mediocre"Crossword Clue
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Pulitzer-winning New York columnistCrossword Clue

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ESTES
5 Letters
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Will of "Blue Bloods"Crossword Clue
___ Park, ColoCrossword Clue
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___ Park, Colorado (home to the hotel that inspired "The Shining")Crossword Clue
___ Park, ColoCrossword Clue
“Ginger Pye” author EleanorCrossword Clue
___ Park (Colorado town)Crossword Clue
Will of "Blue Bloods"Crossword Clue
"Ginger Pye" Newbery Medal winner EleanorCrossword Clue

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ANGIETHOMAS
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ALCOTT
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Louisa May ___, author of Little WomenCrossword Clue
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American author, Louisa May ___ , d. 1888Crossword Clue
Author buried near Thoreau and HawthorneCrossword Clue
Female writer of a vacuous lyric going too farCrossword Clue
"Jo's Boys" authorCrossword Clue

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PETERROGET
10 Letters
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Author much used by other authorsCrossword Clue
Man of many wordsCrossword Clue
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ROWLING
7 Letters
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BANKHEAD

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CAPOTE

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DAPHNEDUMAURIER

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OHARA

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PEALE

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WILLIAMBRINKLEY

ANN

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CALEB

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DAN

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ECO

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ERIK

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HOAG

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MAEVE

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NORA

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ROLLO

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HALEY

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JAMESFFIXX

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ZIGZIGLAR

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TAMI

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ELLIS

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KOONTZ

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LASSER

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OURSLER

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TUROW

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CLANCY

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STOWE

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TOWNSEND

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HELLER

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JRRTOLKIEN

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LECAR

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LECARRE

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BRESLIN

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ESTES

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ANGIETHOMAS

ALCOTT

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PETERROGET

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ROWLING

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