| Hint | Author | Notable Works |
| Enigmatic, philosophically-inclined and pessimistic writer; often described as a combination between #22 and #28 | |
| Writer whose work often incorporates Americana like Elvis and drive-in theaters. | |
| New Orleans writer of vampire works; famous for including some of the first homosexual characters in popular horror fiction | |
| Libertarian sci-fi and horror writer | |
| Thriller writer who often delves into horror; one of his earlier works became a successful action franchise | |
| Amazingly successful, influential and prolific American writer; synonymous with mainstream horror fiction | |
| British author and the most successful author of the 'splatterpunk' scene in the '80s; now he's more of a dark fantasy writer | |
| Prolific British horror writer, with immaculately subtle prose stylings | |
| Brit who started out with gory pulp horror; now tends towards fantasy. | |
| Famous American scifi/fantasy/horror writer. It's a vague clue, but you know who this is. | |
| Ridiculously offensive, often bizarre and humorous, splatterpunk writer | |
| Considered one of the best writers of short horror fiction in America | |
| One of the first American horror writers to start using graphic violence and content in his works | |
| As Robot Chicken once put it, the Zune to #6's iPod | |
| Writer of popular medical thrillers | |
| YA author of Gothic, literate horror tales, often with Catholic iconography | |
| Macabre cartoonist and horror writer | |
| Cult illustrator, writer and poet known for his Victorian stylistics and macabre sense of humor | |
| Critically acclaimed horror author who, nonetheless, suffers from writer's block and has a tiny output of writing | |
| Began a vampire renaissance, then became a born again Christian | |
| Misanthropic satirist who wrote horror; one of his stories was adapted into a famous Twilight Zone episode | |
| Dark, Gothic American horror writer and poet | |
| Politically engaged author who challenged Romanticism, including in her ground breaking novel | |
| Horror writer who created the prototypical vampire | |
| Wrote Twilight Zone scripts as well as the first short story to appeal in Playboy magazine | |
| Son of #6; writes under a semi-pseudonymic name | |
| Famous for his novels about big nasty sea creatures | |