| A | B |
| author of "An Episode of War" | Stephen Crane |
| author of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" | Bret Harte |
| author of "The Yellow Wallpaper" | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| author of "The Story of an Hour" | Kate Chopin |
| author of "My life closed twice before its close" | Emily Dickinson |
| author of Life on the Mississippi | Mark Twain |
| author of "The Sculptor's Funeral" | Willa Cather |
| author of "Hope is a thing with feathers" | Emily Dickinson |
| author of "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" | Mark Twain |
| author of "Because I could not stop for death" | Emily Dickinson |
| author of "To Build a Fire" | Jack London |
| based a short story on one of his experiences as a journalist | Stephen Crane |
| died in the house was born in | Emily Dickinson |
| only let the doctor examine her from a distance | Emily Dickinson |
| lived in Massachusetts | Emily Dickinson |
| sufferred from severe depression | Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
| real name was Samuel Clemens | Mark Twain |
| declared bankruptcy | Mark Twain |
| born in Missouri | Mark Twain |
| author of The Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane |